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French 20th Century Modernist Red Pastel Female Portrait

Portrait of a Woman in Red French School, first half of the 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed canvas : 14 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Co...

French Modernist Female Portrait Study Charcoal and Pencil Drawing 20th Century Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: charcoal and pencil on artist pa...

"The Lady in Red" by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (French 1922-2018) oil painting on canvas, unframed signed and dated 1963 canvas: 32 x 23.5 inches provenance: the artists estate W...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid-20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed. Size: 11.5 x 9.5 inches Condition: very good and ready t...

Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in colored pastel by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century. A pastel drawing on paper skilfully depicted a portrait of a woman, expression o...

A charming pastel portrait of a woman in thought. Indistinctly signed. Well presented in a gilded and molded frame with glazing and a white mount-board On wove.

Erich HERMES (1881-1971) Portrait of a Woman, 1929 Sanguine on paper Signed "E. Hermès" and dated "29" lower left 29.5 x 22.5 cm original frame Erich Hermès, a Geneva artist of German origin, was born in Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein in 1881 of Huguenot parents. He trained as a painter-decorator before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. Awarded a Swiss Confederation scholarship, he spent his first year in Paris in 1909, before continuing his training in Munich, Italy and Spain. Erich Hermès was an important figure in Geneva figurative painting in the first half of the 20th century. He produced numerous monumental works integrated into architecture. They adorned official and sacred public buildings such as the Protestant temple in Carouge (ill.1), as well as private edifices. The easel painting of his early years was strongly influenced by the work of Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), whom he met around 1903. Like Hodler, he painted Switzerland and its heroic figures and battles, while maintaining a strong empathy for the common people. He later moved towards New Objectivity, developing a more personal style. The artist is also renowned in the world of graphic arts, particularly for his work as a poster artist in the 1930s and 1940s. He used his art to promote the Alps and winter sports (ill.2), as well as products such as wine and cigars. The red chalk portrait of a woman is dated 1929. We seem to find the model's physiognomy in some of the artist's paintings (ill.3) depicting intimate subjects. Our figure, who wears a Huguenot cross...

Portrait of Woman is a drawing realized in the early 20th century by an Anonymous French artist. Pencil on paper. The state of preservation is good. The artwork is represented thr...