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This unframed oil on canvas vintage painting, circa 1970 and signed Minsk, features a clown wearing a wreath of roses.
Polish-born (1923) Jewish painter, nationalized French in the interwar period, Minsk comes from a family of artists, (cousin of sculptors Lipchitz and Rapoport). He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Second generation painter of the Paris School, Minsk was a pupil of Mane-Katz. He exhibited from 1976 to 1985 in Parisian galleries, specifically Galerie Duncan, rue de Seine, and Galerie Médicis, Place des Vosges. He participated in some editions of the Salon de Paris and the Independents. Established in the south of France after 1980, he exhibited there regularly, in Baux-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Vallauris, Marseille, Aix and in his workshop in Nice.
His work, dense and colourful, can be classified as expressionist. He painted characters from the past (musicians, tailors, farm women) but also from the present with beautiful portraits of men and women. His landscapes and village scenes are also noteworthy for their intensity.
Sources: Adrian Darmon: Autour de l'art juif: Encyclopédie universelle des peintres, sculpteurs et photographes (Paris, 2003); Arcadja Auction Results.
NOTE - SOLD WITHOUT FRAME.
Artist: Minsk (1923-?)
Signed in lower right.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm. / 18 x 21 ½ in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.
This stunning painting features a beautiful landscape in the French countryside, showcasing the Sainte-Marie-de-Mazerat chapel located in the commune of Saint-Emilion (Gironde). The chapel holds historical significance as it was once part of a hermitage established by Cardinal François de Sourdis in 1615. Today, the only remains of the hermitage is the chapel, which is now part of the renowned wine-growing estate, Château l'Hermitage, known for producing a top-quality Saint-Emilion appellation wine. Created in the 1950s, this large format piece is signed by the artist in the lower right corner and is in very good condition with signs of craquelure (see photos).
Stéphane Gilbert Fernand Caracotchian, known as Stéphane Cara, is a French post-Impressionist painter. Of Armenian father and French mother, he was born in Châtenois (Alsace) on July 3, 1901. The son of a prestigious doctor, his family moved to Paris in 1919. He worked for many years as a wine merchant and as an agent for the “Société Anonyme fluviale Trans-Cam” in Bordeaux, before dedicating himself fully to painting.
His initial artistic training was self-taught, his research is personal, with no foreign influence and he later trained with Armand Drouant (1898-1978) and André Lhote (1885-1962) in Paris.
Stéphane Cara worked in solitude for several years. This is perhaps one of the reasons why it is difficult to pin him down to a particular school or personality. For him, each subject is the fruit of a particular inspiration that calls for its own means of expression. Hence the diversity and renewal of Cara's style. By simplifying the motif, the drawing and the colour, he achieves a synthesis of coloured planes in which there seems to be nothing but perfectly ordered indications.
Exhibitions :
1944: Selected in Bordeaux, at the Salon des provinces françaises, finalist for Guyenne at the Musée Galliéra, Paris.
1944: Second Liburnia prize.
1945: First Liburnia prize.
Since 1946: Salon des Indépendants bordelais.
Since 1957, exhibits annually at the Salon de l'Art Libre in Paris.
1959: Second Cezanne prize at the "Trois prix Cézanne" competition in Cannes; 1960: Winner of the Deauville International Grand Prix.
1960: Execution of the stained glass windows for the altar of the Virgin, Église Sainte-Hélène, Nice.
He was the author of a book entitled (in French) “Painting in a Nutshell: or How to Judge a Painting” published in 1959. His sister Anita was the first woman oceanographer in the world.
After travelling extensively, settled in Nice in 1955, where he died) on May 16, 1962, at the age of 60.
Source: Archives de France.
Artist: Stéphane Cara ( 1901-1962).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 65 x 92 cm. / 25 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.
Large oil on canvas depicting a twilight view of a village with a stream in winter.
Stéphane Gilbert Fernand Caracotchian, known as Stéphane Cara, is a French post-Impressionist painter. Of Armenian father and French mother, he was born in Châtenois (Alsace) on July 3, 1901. The son of a prestigious doctor, his family moved to Paris in 1919. He worked for many years as a wine merchant and as an agent for the “Société Anonyme fluviale Trans-Cam” in Bordeaux, before dedicating himself fully to painting.
His initial artistic training was self-taught, his research is personal, with no foreign influence and he later trained with Armand Drouant (1898-1978) and André Lhote (1885-1962) in Paris.
Stéphane Cara worked in solitude for several years. This is perhaps one of the reasons why it is difficult to pin him down to a particular school or personality. For him, each subject is the fruit of a particular inspiration that calls for its own means of expression. Hence the diversity and renewal of Cara's style. By simplifying the motif, the drawing and the colour, he achieves a synthesis of coloured planes in which there seems to be nothing but perfectly ordered indications.
Exhibitions :
1944: Selected in Bordeaux, at the Salon des provinces françaises, finalist for Guyenne at the Musée Galliéra, Paris.
1944: Second Liburnia prize.
1945: First Liburnia prize.
Since 1946: Salon des Indépendants bordelais.
Since 1957, exhibits annually at the Salon de l'Art Libre in Paris.
1959: Second Cezanne prize at the "Trois prix Cézanne" competition in Cannes; 1960: Winner of the Deauville International Grand Prix.
1960: Execution of the stained glass windows for the altar of the Virgin, Église Sainte-Hélène, Nice.
He was the author of a book entitled (in French) “Painting in a Nutshell: or How to Judge a Painting” published in 1959. His sister Anita was the first woman oceanographer in the world.
After travelling extensively, settled in Nice in 1955, where he died) on May 16, 1962, at the age of 60.
Source: Archives de France.
Artist: Stéphane Cara (1901-1962).
Signed in the bottom right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 92 x 74 cm. / 36 ¼ x 29 in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.
Landscape of Provence titled by the artist on the back, Luberon's Hills. Painted around 1990 and signed in the lower right corner.
Serge Charles Devic Arroyo was a French painter, architect and writer. Born in Algiers on 15 January 1941, after Algerian independence, he moved with his family to the south of France. He studied architecture and painting at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
He exhibited regularly between 1983 and 1998 at the Galerie Vendôme in Paris and the Vent des Cîmes in Grenoble.
His artwork mainly comprises landscapes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as still lifes, portraits and genre scenes.
Serge Devic died in Banon (Haute-Provence) on 10 July 2019 at the age of 78.
Artist: Serge Devic (1941-2019).
Signed in the lower right.
Medium: Oil on wood.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 33 x 41 cm. / 13 x 16 in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.
Roger Coppe was a Belgian expressionist painter, sculptor, draughtsman and master glassmaker. He was born February 10, 1912 in Flawinne, near Namur. Son of an official, his family moved to Comines in 1938, where he studied classical human sciences. Subsequently, he studied decorative arts in Tournai. He became professor of history of art and aesthetics at Saint-Henri (Comines) College in 1952. At the same time, he developed his career as a draughtsman, painter and sculptor. Having become a master glassmaker, he had a stained glass workshop for nearly thirty years and restored windows of many churches in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Congo. From 1980, his production focuses on drawing and watercolour, developing his style between a lyrical abstraction and a representation of essential lines strongly influenced by Bacon, Balthus, Dix, Daumier, etc., where the nude became essential in his work and followed aesthetic canons that are far removed from contemporary aseptic aesthetics.
An unconditional admirer of the work of the French poet Pierre Emmanuel (1916-1984), Coppe proceeds to a direct graphic transcription of his verses, among which is this work entitled Naked Back, produced in 1991 in pencil and watercolour.
Roger Coppe died in Mouscron (Belgium) on October 5, 2012 at the age of 84 years.
Artist: Roger Coppe (1928-2012).
Signed and dated on the bottom left.
Medium: Pencil and watercolour on paper.
Condition: Excellent.
Dimension: 25 x 32 cm. / 9 ½ x 11 ½ in. (visible)
Frame: 47 x 55 cm. / 18 ½ x 21 ½ in. Very good condition. Mat and glass.
Provenance: France.
Watercolour painting entitled by the artist "Heavy Legs", representing a nude, reclined woman.
Roger Coppe was a Belgian expressionist painter, sculptor, draughtsman and master glassmaker. He was born February 10, 1928 in Flawinne, near Namur. Son of an official, his family moved to Comines in 1938, where he studied classical human sciences. Subsequently, he studied decorative arts in Tournai. He became professor of history of art and aesthetics at Saint-Henri (Comines) College in 1952. At the same time, he developed his career as a draughtsman, painter and sculptor. Having become a master glassmaker, he had a stained glass workshop for nearly thirty years and restored windows of many churches in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Congo. From 1980, his production focuses on drawing and watercolour, developing his style between a lyrical abstraction and a representation of essential lines strongly influenced by Bacon, Balthus, Dix, Daumier, etc., where the nude became essential in his work and followed aesthetic canons that are far removed from contemporary aseptic aesthetics. In 1982, he founded a fine arts academy in Comines-Warneton. From 1985 onwards, he showed his paintings at solo exhibitions in various towns in Belgium and exhibited in Brussels in 1990, Tournai in 1991 and Ghent in 1992. In that year, he began exhibiting with the group “Figuration Critique” in Paris.
Coppe painted female figures, frequently nudes, both in motion and in relaxed poses, with all muscles flexed or by contrast with softened forms. He had no hesitation about enlarging or deforming his models to achieve greater expressive force, further intensified by colours which were harsh and yet at the same time gloomy – purplish reds contracting with dirty yellows and glaucous greens.
Roger Coppe died in Mouscron (Belgium) on October 5, 2012 at the age of 84 years.
Artist: Roger Coppe (1928-2012).
Signed on the bottom left.
Medium: Watercolour on paper.
Condition: Excellent
Dimension: 28 x 36 cm. / 11 x 14 ¼ in. (visible)
Frame: 52 x 60 cm. / 20 ½ x 23 ½ in. Wood, Montparnasse style, brown matting and glass. Excellent condition.
Provenance: France.
Rocky coastal landscape with various sailing boats on a misty pink morning, probably on the French Atlantic coast. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner and signed, titled "Brume rose - Matin" and with the artist's address on the back. Oil on canvas in good condition, with numerous cracks (see photos).
René Lacaze was a French jewellery designer and artist. He contributed significantly to the development of the Art Deco style. Born on 27 July 1901 in Paris, his mother was the manager of a dressmaking workshop, where he developed a particular taste for fashion as a child. With his uncle Armand Bignon, he visited numerous museums and discovered his passion for painting.
A family friend introduced him to the jewellery trade, which led him to train at the Mentel workshop in Paris, which worked with the most famous jewellers of the day: Cartier, Boucheron, Ancoc and Janésisch.
In 1923, Lacaze took up a position at Van Cleef & Arpels. In collaboration with Renée Rachel Puissant, the daughter of Alfred van Cleef, he took over the artistic and creative management of Van Cleef & Arpels in 1926. The duo invented the invisible setting technique, which allows precious stones to be set without visible prongs.
In June 1928, René Lacaze married Simone, with whom he had four children. According to his autobiography, he called himself René Sim Lacaze as a tribute to his wife.
René Sim Lacaze left Van Cleef & Arpels in 1941. He subsequently worked for Mauboussin and ran his own jewellery workshop. He created pieces for Marlene Dietrich, Michèle Morgan, Maurice Chevalier and the Duchess of Windsor.
Lacaze retired in 1968 and devoted himself entirely to painting, creating numerous watercolours. He died on 5 January 2000 at the age of 98.
Source: Wikipedia.
Artist: René Lacaze (1901-2000)
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Good condition.
Dimensions: 64 x 85 cm. / 25 x 33 ½ in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.
Large-format oil on canvas painting depicting a view of Fürstenau Castle (Schloss Fürstenau), located in the Steinbach district of Michelstadt in Odenwald (Germany). The artist depicts the magnificent arch built in 1588 of the castle courtyard.
Otto Johann Rut was an Austrian-Canadian landscape painter.
Born on 29 June 1910 in Schwechat, a town southwest of Vienna, he studied art at the art school in the capital. After the Second World War, he emigrated to Canada in 1950. Specialising in Canadian and European landscapes, the artist was able to capture a superior depth of field, mixing his own colour spectrum to recreate hues rarely seen outside of nature. His style could range from bold and dynamic to serene and subdued.
A tireless painter, he worked well into his 80s. His works are represented in numerous private art collections, mainly in Ontario and Quebec. The Ottawa City Hall owns one of his works.
Otto Rut died in Montreal on 28 January 2005.
Artist: Otto Rut (1910-2005)
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Dimensions: 71 x 59 cm. / 28 x 23 1/4 in.
Frame: 90 x 78 cm. / 35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. Wood, very good condition.
Origin: Canada.
Born on 29 June 1910 in Schwechat, a town southwest of Vienna, he studied art at the art school in the capital. After the Second World War, he emigrated to Canada in 1950. Specialising in Canadian and European landscapes, the artist was able to capture a superior depth of field, mixing his own colour spectrum to recreate hues rarely seen outside of nature. His style could range from bold and dynamic to serene and subdued.
A tireless painter, he worked well into his 80s. His works are represented in numerous private art collections, mainly in Ontario and Quebec. The Ottawa City Hall owns one of his works.
Otto Rut died in Montreal on 28 January 2005.
Artist: Otto Rut (1910-2005)
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Dimensions: 71 x 59 cm. / 28 x 23 1/4 in.
Frame: 90 x 78 cm. / 35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. Wood, very good condition.
Origin: Canada.
Stunning oil on canvas painting depicting a view of Venice, titled “Venezia” by the artist and dated 1973.
Otto Johann Rut was an Austrian-Canadian landscape painter.
Born on 29 June 1910 in Schwechat, a town southwest of Vienna, he studied art at the art school in the capital. After the Second World War, he emigrated to Canada in 1950. Specialising in Canadian and European landscapes, the artist was able to capture a superior depth of field, mixing his own colour spectrum to recreate hues rarely seen outside of nature. His style could range from bold and dynamic to serene and subdued.
A tireless painter, he worked well into his 80s. His works are represented in numerous private art collections, mainly in Ontario and Quebec. The Ottawa City Hall owns one of his works.
Otto Rut died in Montreal on 28 January 2005.
Artist: Otto Rut (1910-2005)
Signed in lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Dimensions: 61 x 51 cm. / 24 x 20 in.
Frame: 80 x 70 cm. / 31 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. Wood, very good condition.
Origin: Canada.
This original 1960 vintage drawing, created by renowned artist Louis Muhlstock, features a woman nude figure in a beautiful pastel painting.
Louis Muhlstock, Jewish Canadian draughtsman and painter (Narajow, then Austria-Hungary 23 April 1904 – Montréal, 26 August 2001), best known as a painter of the Depression. Muhlstock immigrated to Montréal in 1911 and worked for his family's fruit-importing firm. He studied art at night at the Monument National and Art Association of Montreal (now the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) and participated in his first exhibition at the Royal Canadian Academy in 1925. He then moved to Paris in 1928, where he spent three years studying with figure painter Louis Biloul at the École des beaux-arts and sketching at l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse, a private art school whose famous alumni include Amadeo Modigliani and Jean-Paul Riopelle. During this time, he exhibited at the Paris salons. He returned to Montreal in 1931 and set up his own studio, becoming a full-time painter and teaching drawing. He sketched unemployed men in nearby Fletcher's Field, capturing the spirit of the times in sensitive drawings in chalk or charcoal often done on wrapping paper. He evoked his east-end neighbourhood in vibrant street scenes from the market on St Lawrence-Main or shadowed yards. During WWII he sketched riveters at the Montréal shipyards, shown as War Workers, 1945. Muhlstock received recognition in 1937 from Douglas Duncan of the Picture Loan Society, Toronto. During the 1950s and 1960s he held one-man shows at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Waddington Galleries; in 1972 at the Verdun Cultural Centre. In 1976 the Windsor Art Gallery exhibited "45 Years of Muhlstock"; in 1978 he showed at Place des Arts, and in 1986 Concordia University showed "New Theme and Variations." By this time Muhlstock's work was almost entirely abstract. In September of 1996, an 80-piece retrospective exhibited Muhlstock's work at galleries in Québec, as well as in Edmonton. Muhlstock, who continued to paint daily at his home in Montreal until his death, called his work "a moment in time only."
Muhlstock was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists, the Canadian Group of Painters, the Contemporary Arts Society, the Federation of Canadian Artists and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. He held an honorary doctorate from Concordia University (1978) and was an Officer of the Order of Canada (1991) and Knight of the Order of Quebec (1998). He was also one of the members of a collective called the Jewish Painters of Montreal, who have been exhibited in public galleries across Canada. In 2009 the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec mounted a touring exhibition Jewish Painters of Montreal: a Witness to their time 1930-1948 which renewed interest in the group in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia; National Gallery of Canada; Trépanier, Esther. Jewish Painters of Montreal: Witnesses of their Time 1930-1948. Montreal: Éditions de l’Homme, 2008.
Artist: Louis Muhlstock (1904-2001).
Signed and dated 1960.
Medium: Pastel on paper.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 63.5 x 48.5 cm. / 25 x 19 in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: Canada.
This vintage oil painting, signed by E. Gassée, features an unconventional still life with blue irises and yellow daffodils in a vase, while a red devil mask peeks through the colorful draping. Circa 1950.
Artist: E. Gassée.
Signed in lower right.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 50 x 40 cm. / 19 ¾ x 15 ¾ in.
Frame: 61 x 51 cm. / 24 x 20 in. Gilt frame, very good condition.
Origin: Belgium.
Louis-François-Gabriel d'Orléans de La Motte, born in Carpentras on January 13, 1683 and died on June 10, 1774 in Amiens, was a 17th and 18th century French clergyman. He was Bishop of Amiens from 1733 to 1774.
He began his studies with the Jesuits in Avignon and continued studying at the University of Sapience in Rome. He began his ecclesiastical career as a theologian at the Carpentras diocese before becoming the vicar general of the Archbishop of Arles Jacques II de Forbin-Janson, a position he held during the plague of 1720-1721.
He took possession of the bishopric of Amiens on May 11, 1733, and was consecrated on July 4, 1734.
François Hubert, Born 2 February 1744, in Abbeville (Somme); died 14 February 1809, in Paris. Student of Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (1731-1797), he engraved portraits, genre scenes and military uniforms.
Esnault & Rapilly. Print publishing partnership formed by Jacques Esnauts (1739-1812) and Michel Rapilly (1740-1797).
Sources : Benezit, dictionary of Artists; British Museum; Archives de France; Martial Levé, Louis-François-Gabriel d'Orléans de La Motte, évêque d'Amiens (1683-1774), Abbeville, éd. Charles Paillart, [1962]; Abbé Proyart, Vie de M. d'Orléans de La Motte évêque d'Amiens, Lille, L. Lefort, 1849.
Artist: François Hubert (1744-1809).
Medium: Line engraving.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 20 x 14.5 cm / 8 x 5 ¾ in. (sheet) 15 x 10 cm. / 6 x 4 in. (image).
Frame: 34.5 x 29.5 cm / 13 ½ x 11 ½ in. Gilt wood, acid-free matting and glass.
Origin: France.
A vintage still life pastel painting by Claire Demartinécourt is a charming depiction of a vase brimming with vibrant orange, mauve and white flowers, evoking the artistic spirit of the 1950s. This beautiful piece is enhanced by its Montparnasse style frame, expertly crafted from sculpted wood.
Claire Demartinécourt-Modret was a French painter. Born on January 2, 1896 in Melun (Seine-et-Marne), she was the daughter of a retired infantry commander, property owner and knight of the Legion of Honour. She studied painting at the National School of Fine Arts in Dijon and exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants from 1929 onward. She mainly paints still lifes of flowers and landscapes, indiscriminately signing Demartinécourt and Demartinécourt-Modret (her maternal surname). She died in Is-sur-Tille (Burgundy) on February 16, 1981 at the age of 85.
Sources: Benezit, Dictionary of Artists; Archives de France.
Artist: Claire Demartinécourt (1896-1981)
Unsigned.
Medium: Pastel on paper.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 32 x 26 cm /11 ½ x 10 ½ in.
Frame: 42.5 x 37.5 cm. / 16 ¾ x 14 ¾ in. Very good condition.
Origin: France.
This original 1942 landscape oil painting, created by André Chabert, depicts a French stone farmhouse set in the scenic surroundings of Grenoble, once the capital of Dauphiné. Painted on wood and signed by the artist, it also includes a handwritten note in French on the back: Type Ferme Dauphinoise (surroundings of Grenoble) Reconstitution.
André Léon Chabert was a French painter and poster and advertising designer. He was born in Grenoble on February 6, 1895. A pupil of the landscape painter André Albertin, he regularly exhibited oil and watercolour landscapes at the Salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts in his hometown from 1919. He combined his artistic career with his professional activity as an architect.
André Léon died in Grenoble on January 20, 1961.
Sources: Pierre Le Quéau, 20 ans de sociologie de l'art: Bilan et perspectives (1985); Archives de France.
Artist: André Chabert (1895 - 1961)
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 30 x 50 cm. / 12 x 19 ¾ in.
Frame: 43 x 62 cm. / 17 x 24 ½ in. Wood, very good condition.
Origin: France.
This vintage oil on canvas painting by André Boyer, depicts a view of writer Georges Courteline’s residence at 89 rue Lepic in Montmartre, Paris. Other notable artists and writers, such as Vincent Van Gogh, resided on this street as well. Additionally, the first automobile by Louis Renault was built on this narrow Parisian street in 1898. This painting was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1958 as indicated by a label and stamp on the back.
André Boyer was a French painter, illustrator and cabinetmaker-decorator, born in Paris on April 15, 1909 and died in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) on June 2, 1981. Son of a single mother, he trained and worked as a cabinetmaker well into the 1940s, creating Art Deco-style furniture, which is very sought-after nowadays. Having alternated his career with painting for years, he devoted himself fully to painting from 1950. Pertaining to the New School of Paris, he was a regular painter in the Montmartre quarter, where he drew inspiration for many of his works. These stand out for their great strength and energy, and use of bold, heavy strokes in the style of Marcel Utrillo. Later, he depicted several scenes of the boulevards of Paris, set in the Belle Époque period. His works are highly sought after by collectors, especially in the United States.
Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux or Moineau, known as Georges Courteline, was a French novelist, poet and playwright, born June 25, 1858 in Tours and died June 25, 1929 in Paris. Son of the writer Jules Moinaux, Courteline stood out in the field of aphorism and his romantic or theatrical works are characterized by his strong satirical vein, often irreverent towards the hypocritical Parisian bourgeois society to which he himself belonged and knew so well.
Source: Wikipedia; Archives de France.
Artist: André Boyer (1909-1981).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 67 x 54 cm. / 26 ¼ x 21 ¼ in.
Frame: Unframed.
Origin: France.
Intimate portrait depicting a young woman in profile, dressed in street clothes and reclining on a pillow. It is almost certainly a self-portrait of the artist. Unlike the rest of her works (signed by A. Lefèvre), this portrait dated 1881 is signed only with her name, which suggests that it was not painted for exhibition, but for herself or for private use. Pastel on paper, in very good condition, with oval passe-partout. Gilt frame. Note: this work has no protective glass.
Marie Augustine Alice Lefèvre was a painter of pastel portraits and miniatures. She was born in Wasigny (Ardennes) on April 30, 1859. The daughter of a civil servant from the Ministry of Finance, the family later moved to Orléans. She studied art at the Académie des Champs - Elysées and the Académie Julian in Paris, being a pupil of, among others, Louis Boutet de Monvel and Jean-Paul Laurens. She exhibited at the Salon of the Society of French Artists in 1888, 1889 and 1890 and was a drawing teacher.
Alice Lefèvre died in Paris on September 30, 1890 at the age of 31 following a painful surgical operation. She is buried in Orleans Cemetery.
Source: Archives de France.
Artist: Alice Lefèvre (1859-1890)
Signed and dated in the lower right area.
Medium: Pastel on paper.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 61 x 46 cm. / 24 x 18 in. (sheet); 47 x 37 cm. (view) / 18 ½ x 14 ½ in. (view).
Frame: 66 x 57 cm. / 26 x 22 1/2 in. Gilt wood, very good condition.
Origin: France.