Roger Parent

During the First World War, Roger Parent (1881–1985), a Frenchman living in Brussels, was put up in the capital by Berthe Art. She was a still-life painter. The elderly lady gave drawing and watercolour lessons to young ladies from high society, to whom Parent sold sketches for just five francs each. He also became their teacher, charging twenty francs per session. In this fine portrait of the painter (sometimes mistaken for a portrait of Anna Boch), he depicts her holding a pastel, whilst behind a table, details of a painting can be seen. The framing of the scene and the vivid colours betray the influence of Fauvism, but the pictorial touch, often defined by geometric shapes, recalls the influence of Cézanne.

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