Alfred Grevin

Dans l'Opulence - Lithograph by Alfred Grévin - Late 19th century

Late 19th century

Les Partageuses is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Good conditions except for some foxings. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 – 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land...

Les Partageuses is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Good conditions except for some foxings. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 – 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land...

Suzanne et les vieillards is an original etching on creamy-colored paper realized by Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine artist in the Early 19th Century. Good Conditions. Included...

Les Partageuses is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Good conditions except for some foxings. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 – 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land...

With certificate of authenticity. The black and white etching dated 1897 from the first limited edition of 525 on velin, in L. Roger- Miles, "Art et Nature", Paris, Boudet, 1897. Th...

Elegant 19th-Century Lithograph by Achille Devéria – Ballroom Scene This exquisite lithograph by Achille Devéria (1800–1857) captures the elegance and charm of 19th-century Frenc...

Rene Xavier PRINET (1861 - 1946) Manon Original litograph Printed signature in the plate 1897/98 On vellum 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Moderne, Par...

Rare and beautiful pair of etchings on BFK Rives watermarked vellum paper, signed, titled, and published by the Société Française des Amis des Arts around 1920. "On the Terrace" and "Nude" engraved by Jean Emile Buland (1857-1938), winner of the 1st Grand Prix de Rome in 1880 after paintings by Antoine Calbet (1860-1944) Perfect condition of the etching and the plate "On the Terrace" Perfect condition of the etching with slight fading on the edges of the plate "Nude" Dimensions: "On the Terrace" etching: Plate: 465 x 307 mm - Engraving: 262 x 165 mm - Engraving plate: 310 x 210 cm "Nude" etching: Plate: 464 mm x 332 mm - Engraving: 270 x 217 mm - Engraving plate: 333 x 255 mm Engraved signatures by Em. Buland below the engravings (+ handwritten countersignature in pencil by Emile Buland below the engraving "On the Terrace"). Engraved signatures by A. Calbet in the plates, lower left & Blank stamp signature of the Société Française des Amis des Arts below the plate, lower left. Jean-Emile Buland was born in Paris in 1857 into a family of artists. His father, Jean-Marie Buland (1825-1895), was an engraver and his brother, Jean-Eugène (1852-1926), was a painter. Jean-Emile Buland studied under the painter Alexandre Cabanel and the engraver Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. He won the 1st Grand Prix de Rome for engraving in 1880. He received a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition and a first-class medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1901. Antoine Calbet, born August 16, 1860 in Engayrac (Lot-et-Garonne) and died August 21, 1942 in Paris, was a French painter, watercolorist, draftsman, engraver, and illustrator. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier by Édouard-Antoine Marsal (1845-1929), where he learned drawing, this draftsman and illustrator, a painter of nudes and romantic scenes, was sought after during his lifetime. He was then admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). He was a member of the Fine Arts admissions jury from 1913 to 1930. He began exhibiting in 1880 and became a member of the Society of French Artists. He was a friend of French President Armand Fallières. He received several medals at the Salon des Artistes Français and a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition for his work on a panel for the pavilion of the Ministry of Colonies. The French Society of Friends of the Arts was founded in 1885 at the Palais de l'Industrie for the development of the arts, supported by numerous distinguished subscribers: Messrs. Gaston Doumergue (President of the French Republic), Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Count Greffulhe, the brothers Alfred, Jules and Léon Bernheim, Louis Boucheron, Edgar Brandt, Emile Buland, Paul Chabas, Viscount Guy de Dampierre, Colonel Francis E. Drake, André Fallières, Louis Lévy, Paul Louchet, Maurice Moisset, Louis Montagné...