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Delphin Enjolras
Une femme lisant - Academic Pastel, Figure in Interior by Delphin Enjolras

c.1910

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Beautiful signed pastel on board circa 1910 by French academic painter Delphin Enjolras. The work depicts a beautiful brunette woman in a silk and lace dress with a shawl draped over her seated and reading by the light of a lamp. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 30"x23" Unframed: 22"x15" Provenance: Private French collection Delphin Enjolras was a French painter. Enjolras' most prominent body of work consists almost exclusively of eroticized women rendered in the French academic style, often nude or in various stages of undress and created in various media such as oils, pastels, and watercolors. Among his other works are scenes of domestic interiors, usually illuminated by a single lamp with warm, orange light. Born in 1857 in Coucouron, France, he went on to study under popular contemporary French painters of the day, such as Gaston Gerard, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. Enjolras joined the Société des Artistes Français in 1901 and subsequently began exhibiting his works at the Paris Salon after 1890. He died in Toulouse, France in 1945 at the age of 88. Museum and Gallery Holdings: Avignon: Provincial Woman Le Puy-en-Velay: Castle Keep of Polignac
  • Creator:
    Delphin Enjolras (1857-1945, French)
  • Creation Year:
    c.1910
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    Very good original condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    Marlow, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: LFA05091stDibs: LU415310003732
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