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Charles-Jean Agard
French Impressionist Portrait Drawing, 'The Art Lesson'

1900

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Pencil study portrait drawing of a child painting at an easel by French artist Charles-Jean Agard. The work is signed bottom left and presented in a carved wood and gilt frame with mount under glass. A very charming pencil study of a child sitting at an easel. Agard has beautifully captured the head and face in full, with the light and shade, the rest of the body and surroundings are in sketch form, the contrast between the two making for a very successful composition beautifully capturing the intensity of the sitter. Charles Agard studied painting in the studio of Léon Bonnat at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and executed landscapes inspired by the works of Pissarro, and also painted still lifes and portraits. Painter, draftsman and engraver, the works of Charles Agard are still exhibited today at Isle Adam, as part of the Louis-Senlecq Museum of Art and History which designated him as painter of the Ecole des bords de l'Oise. He began exhibiting in 1893, at the Salon des Indépendants of which he was a member of the committee and then at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts and the Salon d'Automne.
  • Creator:
    Charles-Jean Agard (French)
  • Creation Year:
    1900
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)Width: 13 in (33 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.5 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Cotignac, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: LG/Agard1stDibs: LU1430213132482
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