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Watercolor lithograph presenting the portrait of Madame Chéruit, by the artist Paul César Helleu
Madame Chéruit was one of the first women to run a fashion house in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, Place Vendôme. Her taste and refinement were recognized internationally, and she dressed many clients, including our artist's wife, Paul-César Helleu; this one has represented Mme Chéruet on many occasions
Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) is a French painter and engraver; he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1876, in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme, but more attracted by outdoor painting, he became the friend of Claude Monet, Giovanni Boldini, among others. From his very important career, we note his beginnings with the ceramist Theodore Deck, for whom he created decorations for dishes; his many portraits of Parisian High Society, elegant women; his exhibitions of non-standard paintings at the Salon des Artistes with Les Grandes Eaux du Bassin de Latone; the decoration of the starry vault ceiling of the Grand Central Terminal in New York in 1912.
Framed lithograph, signed lower left
Good condition
Dimensions with frame: 49x39cm
Dimensions without frame: 26x18cm.
- Creator:Paul César Helleu (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 18.51 in (47 cm)Width: 15.36 in (39 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:unknown
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor fading.
- Seller Location:MARSEILLE, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6656234536822
Paul César Helleu
Rich impression with dramatic drypoint burr and tone no other artist epitomizes the whole atmosphere of elegance and hedonistic pleasure which pervaded Paris society at the first decade of the century as does Helleu. A close friend of Proust and the inspiration for one of the principal characters in La Recherche du Temps Perdu, Helleu’s whole life style echoed the incomparable elegance and flow of his drawing, the sheer style of his art, and his eye for the poses of the beautiful women who were his friends and his patrons. During the 1870’s, Helleu had come to know the painters of Impressionism and also artists Sargent and Whistler who became his special friends and inspiration. By the early 1880’s, he had already developed the quality of expressive sweeping line, which is the essence of his drawing, but in 1885 he was encouraged by Tissot to try working on prints in drypoint. At this time, Tissot had decided, after the death of his lover and model Kathleen Newton, to travel to the Holy Land on an artistic pilgrimage. Having decided he would no longer engrave, he gave Helleu his diamond stylus…a literal and figurative “passing of the baton”. It was in the incision and texture of drypoint that his art was to reach one of its greatest peaks. He had an innate feel for the balance between a lightly curving stroke and the deeply cut highly tonal burr of the strongest drypoint. Around the turn of the century he started to combine drypoint with multi-inking in colors, the areas of color restricted to such touches as the bows on the hats, the hair color or the red of the lips. The plate was drawn at a single sitting, and then the color inks were brushed onto it. The results are some of the most splendid and decorative of all Belle Époque prints.
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