19th century French School

Study of a Woman Sitting, Graphite Drawing, 19th Century French School

Graphite on laid paper, signed verso and paper watermarks and atelier stamp Image size: 23 ¾ x 16 ¾ inches (60.25 x 43.5 cm) Gilt Whistler frame Leon Bellemont Born on August 20, 1866, in the family home on rue du Grand-Cloître, Léon Bellemont studied from 1875 to 1883 at the Diderot college, where he was an excellent student. At the same time, he joined the municipal drawing school, where his exceptional predispositions were very quickly noted. In 1884, at the age of 18, Léon Bellemont left Langres to join Paris and its National School of Decorative Arts, then the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts. There, he followed the teaching of Léon Bonnat, a renowned portraitist, and obtained his first rewards and several prizes. It was in 1892, however, that his artistic career took off, with his first participation in the Salon des artistes français, where he exhibited until 1956. A landscape and impressionist painter, particularly impressing marine worlds, Léon Bellemont stayed more and more regularly in Brittany at the beginning of the 20th century, where he painted numerous paintings. His notoriety grew, as did the profits from his sales, and the State itself ended up placing a few orders with him. His work “The Breton Faith” was, for example, acquired by the museum in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Subsequently, always in search of inspiration, Léon Bellemont travelled extensively. He was in Bruges from 1907 to 1909, then traveled across France for several years participating in exhibitions. During the First World War, he settled in Algiers where he remained for several years. He then returned to Paris, worked extensively there and achieved great fame. A socialite, he frequented salons and regularly received his friends Jules Adler...

Gordon Scott ARCA 1914-2016 Graphite on Paper Image size: 17 ½ x 9 ½ inches Hand made frame and mount

Graphite on paper Image size: 22 x 26 inches (56 x 66 cm) Mounted and framed William Dring Dring was born with the forenames Dennis William, but was known colloquially as John. He...

Graphite on paper, signed bottom right 'R.R.T' Image size: 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (24.25 x 11.5 cm) Hand made Pre-Raphaelite gilt frame This is a delicate graphite study of a nude wom...

Graphite on paper Image size: 13 3/4 x 26 inches (35 x 66 cm) This is most likely to be a drawing from an Academy student, executed as part of their academic training. The academic ...

French School 18th Century Reclining Youth Graphite and charcoal on paper Image size: 15 x 23 inches (38 x 58.5 cm) Wash line mount and gilt frame Painting in eighteenth-century Fra...

GEN PAUL (1895-1975) Nu au fauteuil Ink and pencil drawing Size: 26 x 20 cm Dimensions with frame: 43 x 37 cm Signed upper right. In perfect state of conservation Framing is FREE ...

Attributed to Eugene Deully (1866-1933) A woman , study, Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on blue grey paper in two parts, the left part added ...

Marcel GROMAIRE (1892-1971) Female nude, 1956 Black ink on paper Signed and dated upper left Dimensions of the work : 25 x 32,5 cm frame : 40 x 50 cm Born in 1892 in the Nord region...

Femme nue de dos allongee Charcoal and white chalk on laid paper Signed in charcoal, lower right "Steinlen" (see photo) Note: Similar reclining nude drawing illustrated Slatkin No. 12 (See window on right) Similar drawing, same model, same media, Proute 1971, Catalog Dandre Bardon, no. 115 There also other similar finished drawings of nudes in similar poses and with the same couch, white blanket...

Female Nude (Double-sided drawing) Recto: Reclining Nude Verso: Seated Nude Signed in pencil lower right, recto (see photo) Pen and ink with colored chalk, c. 1925 Condition: Repaire...

Femme assise nue avec un bras levé au-dessus de sa tête Seated female nude with an arm raised over her head Ink and watercolor on paper, n.d. Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)...