In the
long term, however, it was the painting
of portraits that provided most oh his income. Even his early pencil
portraits
are impressive:
Inge
Wolf?
Marie
Schafhauser
Georg
Michel
Mizzl
1938,
20x30
An early oil
portrait of his mother:
50x60
The "Girl from
The Munich
Gallery Fassnacht offered Sperl the
opportunity to paint portraits from
photographs which they would collect from clients. This system proved
very
popular and kept Sperl busy. The following picture was painted from a photograph as a first experiment in
1964:
1964,
45x35