French mid 20th Figurative Paintings

Portrait in profile with blue

Alexandre Toussaint MENJAUD (Paris, 1768 – Paris, 1832) Study for The coronation of Tasso Oil on paper mounted on canvas 37.5 x 29.5 cm Around 1819 Related work: Painting exhibite...

Paul LUNAUD (Brantôme 1900 – 1949) The ironer Oil on wood H. 80 cm; W. 64 cm Signed and dated on the right in the center, formerly signed lower right. 1942 Provenance : Artist's stu...

Marie Madeleine Amélie LOISEAU, born DUMONT (Paris, 1860 - ?) Portrait of a worldly woman Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 117 x 89 cm 1881 Exhibition: Salon de Pontoise of 1881 or 1882 under number 292 Marie Madeleine Amélie Dumont was born in Paris on January 23, 1860. She married on June 10, 1883 in Paris Mr. François Paul Raoul Loiseau, lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal. Three children were born from this union, two girls and a boy. Marie Loiseau was a student of Mademoiselle Espérance Langlois (active between 1860 and 1890) and Pierre Dupuis...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Une Ode á Mucha (An Ode to Mucha)" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model holding a candlelight to a mural or spi...

Georges HYON (Paris 1840 – Saint Germain en Laye 1913) Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment Oil on canvas H. 115 cm; W. 146.5 cm Signed lower left A student of Portalis, Georg...

"Maria" Portrait of a Girl New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass "Enfant" portrait of a child by New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993). This portrait is one of rare Monoty...

Camille METRA or METRA-HUBBARD (Paris, 1864 – Paris, 1936) The cup of the King of Thule Oil on canvas Signed lower right and dated 113.5 x 146 cm 1896 Exhibition: Salon de l'Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs de 1896 (N°627) Camille Métra, eldest daughter of the chemist Louis Métra and Rosalie Merny, was born on November 28, 1864 in Paris. We know nothing to this day of her artistic training, however she was recognized in Parisian circles for her qualities as a figure painter and pastellist. Camille married for the first time on January 18, 1887 in Paris with Adolphe Fernand Blayn...

Auguste-Joseph Delécluse (Roubaix 1855 - Paris 1928) Portrait of the artist's son, Eugène Delécluse Oil on canvas H. 98 cm; W. 116 cm Signed lower right 1903 Exhibition: 1903, Salon...

Circle of Jacob Ferdinand Voet Portrait of a Little Girl Oil on canvas H. 44 cm; W. 38 cm Unsigned This delicate portrait of a child, from the circle of Jacob Ferdinand Voet, demons...

Henri DELUERMOZ (Paris 1876 – Paris 1943) At the blacksmith's Oil on metal. Two welded plates H. 145 cm; W. 100.5 cm Signed lower left Trained under Alcide-Joseph Lorentz and Charle...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Intermede Romantique" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model's face with a halo of her dark hair and red ...