Franz Sedivy, Modernist Portrait of a Woman, 1930s, Oil on Panel, Framed

Portrait of a woman, oil on panel, carved original artist frame, signed F. Sedivy.
Size: 52 x 40 without frame

Franz Joseph Paul Šedivý , born November 26, 1888 in Frederiksberg and died on April 5, 1973, a heraldic painter of Danish nationality .
He was the son of Franz Šedivý Prag 1862 – 1945 Frederiksberg/Danemark, also a designer, and Anna Amalie Caroline Marie Madeleine Combs.
He began his training first at the Technical School in Frederiksberg from 1905 to 1909, then at that of Copenhagen from 1908 to 1909 and finally at the Danish School of Crafts in 1913.
He first began a polymorphous artistic activity from 1934 to 1948, as a decorator or restorer in various museums such as the National Museum, the Folklore Museum or Svanholm Castle, and also as a theater decorator.
At the same time, he cultivated his talent as a heraldist and in 1945-1967 became a painter of coats of arms for the Royal Order of Denmark.
He produced an important and varied heraldic work.( painted coats of arms of Churchill and Eisenhower for Frederiksborg Castle Church ).
Exhibitions: Copenhagen (1919), Stockholm and Oslo (1920), Berlin (1928) and Paris (1930).