"Beethoven" by A. F. Cosyns, Belgian, (1875-after 1950) POR and was an important member

and was an important member of the storied community of artists living in Westport

There is a hint of Whistler and Roussel in the cropping and frontality of this composition

Hermansader preferred a modernist vision in contrast to the older artists' more traditional work

printed on cream colored satin

in Middletown

"Beethoven" by A. F. Cosyns, Belgian, (1875-after 1950) POR and was an important memberWoodcut, ca. 1920's 30's, ed. 100, signed & numbered in pencil, on warm white wove J Perrigo paper, with large margins, some soiling & repaired edge tears. A large diagonal crease to the lower left corner & a horizontal crease at left center edge just touching the subject's hair. Antoine Francois Cosyns was born in Malines, Belgium, and worked primarily as an illustrator supplying drawings and prints for deluxe editions of books in France during the