On December 27, 1910, Zádor István married Berta, star of this painting, in Budapest. She sits on a large forest-green wooden chair in the corner of a room with only two Japanese-style landscapes on the plain cream-colored walls. Her full-length beige dress with matching ruffle collar and sleeves is only accented by a sheer green shawl over her arms. With her left hand, Berta lightly clasps a necklace with emerald drop which matches her green earrings and dark green headband keeping her short brown hair perfect atop her head. The beauty of her expression may be one of patience, appreciation, or even love for her husband, the artist. István entered the Pattern Drawing School after years spent working in a bank; this was followed by the Paris Academy in 1906, and the Florence Academy in 1909. He first worked in the Szolnok artist colony in 1908 as a scholarship student and became a guest member in 1914. He was a war correspondent during the First World War, and produced drawings for newspapers in 1918 and 1919.

Feleségem (My Wife) by Zádor István (Hungarian) - Oil on canvas / 1910 - Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest, Hungary) #womeninart #oilpainting #art #HungarianNationalGallery #fineart #hungarianartist #ZádorIstván #artwork #ZadorIstvan #womensart #wife #spouse #hungarianart #portrait #artoftheday