Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Charles Clos Olsommer (1883-1966) was a French-born Swiss painter known for his symbolic and allegorical works, often with religious themes. He also painted landscapes, portraits, an...

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola Sète 1871 - Paris 1950 Portrait of a young Princess Charcoal drawing and slightly enhanced with gold gouache Signed and dated 1896 lower right 33 x 24 cm sheet 49 x 42.5 cm framed Beautiful frame from the end of the 19th century in solid wood and ebony veneer. A student of Fernand Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Guirand de Scevola specialized in pastel. He exhibited throughout his career in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français, then at the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts, of which he became an associate, then a member, then a member of the committee, and finally president in 1937, replacing the landscaper André Dauchez...

French school end of 19th Century, Portrait of a man, charcoal on paper Signed ? and dated 94 (?) on the upper right Dedicated "A mon ami Gaguin (?)" on the lower right Framed : 57...

Henri COURSELLES-DUMONT Paris (1856-1918) Woman seated on a Divan Watercolor Signed and dated "Henri Dumont 1884" lower right 40 x 26 cm Very good condition Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Henri Courselles- Dumont is a student of Raphaël Collin, Luc Olivier Merson and Elie Delaunay. Painter and engraver, he also receives orders for interior decorations. In Paris in particular, he collaborated with Delaunay on the frescoes of the Pantheon, he painted a ceiling of the Hôtel de Ville in the allegorical tradition. Present at the Salon since 1882, he exhibited landscapes before favoring female nudity. If the form remains nourished by academicism, the painter knows how to introduce an element of mystery and eroticism. Religious subjects and Greco-Roman mythology become a pretext for depictions of women in languid poses. Watercolor seems to be his preferred medium of expression for him, as evidenced by the numerous high-quality works with finished renderings kept in museum institutions. Our watercolor is quite characteristic in its manner and its inspirations tinged with symbolism and here particularly Japonisme as evidenced by the sublime blue and gold dress...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A zither player carbon pencil on thin paper 8.5 x 3.3 cm In good condition Framed : 35 x 24 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and by Inher...

French School, beginning of the 20th century A young girl embroidering, study, 1917, signed (illegible) and dated "30 septembre 1917" on the lower right Pencil on paper 20.5 x 16 cm...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A woman resting on her arm seen from behind, study pencil on thin paper 10.5 x 13 cm stains and foxings as visible on the pictures Framed : ...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A flute player, Bears the monogram G R lower right pencil and heightenings of white gouache on thin paper 12 x 15 cm Small traces of glue on...