Two paintings by the Austrian painter, Ludwig Deutsch (1885-1935), sold for a combined total of more than £1million in Bonhams 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art Sale in London today (20 February). The sale made a total of £2,592,563. At the Mosque (1895) sold for £560,750 (estimate: £300,000-500,000) and Respect (1902) made £512,750 (estimate: £250,000-350,000). The works had been in the same private collection for over 40 years. Bonhams Director of 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art, Charles O’Brien said: “I am delighted by the result. Deutsch was a magnificent painter whose painstaking attention to detail and beautifully controlled brushwork has made him one of the most coveted of painters in this genre.” During the 1890s, Deutsch visited Egypt several times,
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