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dressed casually but in the height of fashion and has chosen one of New York’s leading society portraitists to capture the moment

At the end of the war they surfaced in Berlin in the hands of a liberating Russian soldier and were purchased by the film maker Hans Curlis

I think originally I felt I’d just discover it was by a celebrated court artist of the day and pay off my mortgage but it’s clearly not as easy as Philip Mould makes it look

Their graphic quality is enhanced by an acid palette that recalls the Zinkeisen sisters’ work around the same time

On his death in 2006 it was thought he was the last surviving WPA artist

More Wine Madam? II Still Lifes dressed casually but in theThis painting is in our Cecil Court gallery