Mixed media on masonite, signed and inscribed en verso, presented in a chrome frame.

Masonite 14 x 10 3/4 in. Frame dimensions 15 1/4 x 12 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Belgium artist Berthe Dubail took lessons in decorative art at the Lycée Warocqué in Morlanwelz, then at the Ecole Provinciale des Arts et Métiers in Saint-Ghislain. She attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Mons and began painting in an "animist" style similar to the Nervia group. She taught art at the Lycée de Mons from 1942 until 1954, while continuing to learn painting at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Mons under Louis Buissere, where she first developed an expressionist style.

In 1960, she was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris before setting up her studio on the rue des Champs-Elysées in Bruxelles and teaching at the Lycée d’Ixelles. She participated in solo exhibitions in Belgium and France, and, in 1979, was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Couronne. She passed away in 1984, and was honored with retrospective exhibitions at the Fondation pour l’Art Belge Contemporain in Brussels and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi.


Minor wear to textured media, otherwise good estate condition.