SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel clubs and frequently featuring figurative elements

and frequently featuring figurative elements like this one

Based on the lot I found him in

in a rather decorative manner

maybe carrying a load of laundry in the basket overhead

SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel clubs and frequently featuring figurative elementsThis woman in blue with her almond shaped eyes reminds me so much of a Modigliani beauty that I'd be inclined to think this was a folk art copy of one of his paintings, but I can't find a reference for her, and the cursive signature and name of the subject written in pencil on reverse certainly look like older (19th century) handwriting to me. In any case, a really wonderful portrait, right down to those beautifully rounded fingers, folded across the