By Samanta Gladkauskaite, The Argus

“The fair will have both returning and new exhibitors. Among the newcomers are the French Glasshouse from London and Galerie Betty Charles from Suffolk, who brings modern art from the UK and Europe”

Galerie Betty Charles is pleased to present a rare and significant portrait by Edward Seago — “It is a work that speaks to both the exceptional nature of the subject and the artist’s own celebrated reluctance when it came to painting women”, says Founder of the gallery Lucy Charles.

Seago had learned, perhaps to his cost, that every woman holds a preconceived idea of her own appearance — a definite image of how she should look in a portrait — and that between her vision and the painter’s eye, there is often a world of difference. That he chose, in this mature and atmospheric work, to paint Lady Rosemary at all, suggests something extraordinary: a commission too prestigious to refuse. 

THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE IN THE ART WORLD

Galerie Betty Charles is proud to announce its membership of LAPADA, the UK's largest and most respected association of professional art and antiques dealers, bringing collectors and buyers an unrivalled guarantee of quality, authenticity and trust.

New exhibitor Galerie Betty Charles from Suffolk presents Le Mont Verdaille, Cotignac by Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944), son of Impressionist Camille Pissarro. Signed with his monogram and priced at £58,000, the 18 x 2lin (46 x 55cm) canvas depicts Mont Verdaille