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, rød, grøn, 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.
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Wontner blev født i Stockwell, Surrey, søn af arkitekten, designer og renderer William Hoff Wontner (1814 – 1881) og Catherine Smith.
Wontner modtog sin tidligste kunstuddannelse fra sin far; og under ledelse af sin far, arbejdede sammen med John William Godward (1861 – 1922), en kendt eksponent for, hvad der ville blive kendt som den græsk-romerske stil.
Godward var en bekendt af Wontner -familien og var kun fem år ældre end Wontner, blev hurtige venner med ham.
Rundt om 1885, Wontner begyndte at undervise på St John's Wood Art School, efter at han var flyttet til Hamilton Garden Square; og var en mindre maler, der var en del af den nyklassiske bevægelse i England, ledet af Alma-Tadema.
Wontner style favored seductively languorous women painted against classical or oriental marbled backdrops and sometimes with garden backgrounds; mostly in standing poses.