Valeria
Valeria c1916 by British Painter William Clarke Wontner (1857 – 1930), a portrait painter of the Academic, Classicism and Romantic Styles.
This is a beautiful portrait of a young lady wearing oriental style clothing of rich hues of cobalt blue, red and orange; with floral patterns of blue, red, green, yellow and brown.
She is standing in front of a semi white aged looking marble wall with hues of yellow and blue that contrast nicely with the skin tone of Valeria’s face as well as the colors of her clothing.
Another painter with a similar style was Abbey Abraham Altson, who was also very good ad capturing the enduring beauty in his portraits of a lady.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available for purchase online as a rolled canvas print.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org
Wontner was born in Stockwell, Surrey, the son of the architect, designer and renderer William Hoff Wontner (1814 – 1881) and Catherine Smith.
Wontner received his earliest art education from his father; and under the direction of his father, worked with John William Godward (1861 – 1922), a noted exponent of what would become known as the Greco-Roman style.
Godward was an acquaintance of the Wontner family and being only five years older than Wontner, became fast friends with him.
Around 1885, Wontner began teaching at the St John’s Wood Art School, after he had moved to Hamilton Garden Square; and was a minor painter who was part of the neo-classical movement in England, led by Alma-Tadema.
Wontner style favored seductively languorous women painted against classical or oriental marbled backdrops and sometimes with garden backgrounds; mostly in standing poses.
