A Fin de siècle Beauty Neutral lover or even a complete

lover or even a complete stranger sat at an adjoining table

This painting is in our Cecil Court gallery

Please do contact the gallery for a full condition report

Their friend Man Ray took a celebrated portrait of Karin in 1929 that appeared widely in the French and British press

fall out of the ownership of their sitter’s descendants

A Fin de siècle Beauty Neutral lover or even a completeThis delightful little portrait is a typical work by Thomas, many of his oils were on the smaller scale and the majority depicting beautiful women he encountered in the Caf Society around Brussels. We will never know whether this was a friend, lover or even a complete stranger sat at an adjoining table, but he captures a moment in a life, a girl lost in thought or perhaps regret, unaware of the artists gaze.