Nana, Modern Lithograph by Jules Pascin

circa 1970

Artist: Amadeu Casals Pons, Spanish (1930 - ) Title: Lady at the Races Year: circa 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in pencil Edition: EA Size: ...

Louis Ridel, born February 12, 1866 in Vannes and died November 10, 1937 in Paris, is a painter, sculptor, medalist, French decorator. Louis Ridel studied at the Académie Julian then under the direction of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1889 (with Matisse, Camoin, Marquet and Rouault). He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français between 1893 and 1935, at the Salon des Tuileries between 1927 and 1934, the Universal Exhibition of Ghent in 1913 and the famous Georges Petit Gallery (1909-1910). The works of the artist are present in the museums of Nantes, Strasbourg, Pont-Aven but also Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. This symbolist painter, friend of Aman-Jean, Maxence and Albert Besnard, represented essentially women of the bourgeoisie, ethereal and diaphanous or landscapes of his native region, Brittany. In 1896, he received an honorable mention from the Salon des artistes français, then a third class medal in 1898 and second class in 1900. In 1901, he was out of competition. In 1909, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He receives official orders for the Senate, the Ministry of Public Works or the mayor of the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Two Women in Boat...

This lithograph is part of my private collection and in very good condition. It is original, numbered and signed by the artist in the plate and on the print. Guilde de la Gravure.

A very good impression of this color lithograph. Edition of 2000. Published by "L'Estampe Moderne," Paris, with the blind stamp (Lugt 2790, lower right).