Lot 737: Leopold Seyffert, Portrait, oil/canvas

Leopold Seyffert (American, 1887-1956), "Portrait of Joan Monroe Armour Wendell", c.1941; oil/canvas, 42" x 32", signed. Seyffert studied with William M. Chase. He exhibited extensively from the 1910s-40s, at the Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Joan Armour Wendell was one of the first female aviators in the Midwest.