Alfred Moitroux was a Belgian painter and lithographer.
He studied briefly under Jean Delville in the Academie of Brussels.
His style before the first World War, was impregnated by the Pre-Raphaelites and Gustave Moreau.
During the second World War, a large part if his work was destroyed during the bombardement of Mons in 1944.
This portrait of an elegant dandy, dated 1918, is a fine early example of the Nouvelle Objectivité, an emerging style after the war, predominately in Germany.
The particularly beautiful play of the sitters hands and the stunning slick hairstyle with a part in the middle, makes this a great picture.
Work in the Museum of Fine Arts of Mons and Musée de l’Art Wallon in Liège.