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Signed and dated Oct 1920, oil on canvas, 42 x 24 ins. (106.6 x 61 cms.)
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's son
Exhibited: Goupil Gallery Salon, November 1920
Literature: Daily Express, 9 November, 1920

This key early work by Klinghoffer was painted during her last year at the Slade. The model was a customer of the Klinghoffer family's dressmaking shop.

Exhibited at the Goupil Gallery Salon in 1920 alongside works by Augustus John, Laura Knight, Glyn Philpot, Matisse and Lucien Pissarro, The Girl with Flowers was singled out for praise and Klinghoffer declared to be the new 'girl genius of the Slade' (Daily Express, 9 November, 1920).
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Titled on label to the reverse, oil on panel, 18 x 18 ins. (45.7 x 45.7 cms.)
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's son

This painting depicts Rose, one of Jacob Epstein's favourite models and one of Clara's six sisters. At the age of 19, Klinghoffer was already receiving considerable critical acclaim as one of the outstanding women painters of her generation. According to the Daily Telegraph, May 3, 1920, she was able to 'draw like Raphael' and 'must be regarded as a new star . Her work is strongly individualistic and original, her point of view strictly her own, her power great . If she elects to do a thing it is done with masterful force.'

The forthcoming monograph by Michael Laurence will undoubtedly play a large role in bringing Klinghoffer's work back to critical acclaim.
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Signed and dated
Oil on canvas, 30W X 25D ins. (77 X 55 cms.)
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's son

This painting depicts Rose, one of Clara's six sisters and a favourite model of Jacob Epstein, noted for her flaming red hair (see Liss Fine Art, 2004, cat. no. 9). It was undertaken whilst Klinghoffer was in her penultimate year at the Slade. 'I consider Klinghoffer,' Epstein later wrote, 'an artist of great talent - a painter and draughtswoman of the first order.. . As a draughtswoman her understanding of form places her in the very first rank of draughtswomen in the world' (30.3.39, copyright: Visible Ink Incorporated).

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Clara Kinghoffer 1900-1970

Painter, printmaker and draughtswoman, born near Lemberg, Austria. She grew up and studied in London. At nineteen she had her first solo show, which was a huge success. She studied at Slade School of Fine Art and Central School of Arts and Crafts and in the late 1920s married the writer J.W.F. Stoppelman. She went on to show widely throughout Britain, the continent and North America, living latterly in London and New York. Klinghoffer was noted for her portraits, especially of children, and was a masterful draughtswoman in the Old Master tradition. Venues showing her work included the RA, Belgrave Gallery, NEAC and Venice Biennale. She traveled widely and painted many notable people, including the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, the writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and her friend the artist Lucien Pissarro.

Examples of her work are included in the collections of the Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum and Manchester City Art Gallery. Jacob Epstein considered her 'an artist of great talent, a painter of the first order . in the very first rank of draughtsmen in the world'. Michael Laurence, the artist's son, is currently producing a monograph on Klinghoffer.