Leopold Seyffert

Seyffert, Leopold Gould

American, 1887 - 1956

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Leopold Seyffert, Samuel Henry Kress, 1953, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1953.2.3

Samuel Henry Kress

Leopold Seyffert · 1953 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.2.3

Shown from the shins up, a pale-skinned, cleanshaven man wearing a black suit sits and looks out at us in this vertical portrait painting. His legs are crossed and knees angled to our left, but he turns his face to us. He has a round face with slight bags under his gray eyes, and his thin lips are closed. His cheeks and jowls are a bit fleshy with age, and short white hair is brushed back from his high forehead. He wears a double-breasted jacket over a white shirt and dark blue tie with white polka dots. A white pocket square peeks out of the breast pocket. Both of the man’s elbows rest along the wood arms of his chair, which is upholstered on the back and seat with ruby-red fabric. The supports under the arms are turned, and top of the vertical style holding up the backrest that we can see is carved. The chair is near the corner of a room with walls painted muted sage green and tan. Brushstrokes are visible throughout and are especially loose in the background. The artist signed and dated the canvas with red paint in the lower right corner, “Leopold Seyffert 53.”
Leopold Seyffert, Rush Harrison Kress, 1953, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.93

Rush Harrison Kress

Leopold Seyffert · 1953 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1961.9.93

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Leopold Seyffert · 1925 · oil on composition board ·  Accession ID  2015.19.48