DELACROIX Eugene

DELACROIX Eugene

Eugène Delacroix: Study of the Sky, Setting Sun, ca. 1850; pastel on paper, 14.5cm x 19.5cm (unsigned, from the estate of Delacroix’s cousin, Leon Riesener)  Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) About the Artist     Considered a pioneer of French Romanticism, Eugene...
HELLEU Paul César

HELLEU Paul César

Paul César Helleu: Portrait of Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, Countess Greffulhe, 1891; pastel on canvas, 200 x 115cm (signed, located and dated ‘91)   Paul César Helleu (1859-1927)   About the Artist Pastel and drypoint artist Paul-César Helleu’s enchanting portraits...
LALIRE-LEVESQUES Marthe

LALIRE-LEVESQUES Marthe

Marthe Lalire-Levesques: Portrait of Adolphe La Lyre, 1889; pastel on paper, 54 x 45cm (signed and dated ‘Marthe Lalire Levesques 1889’ on the left side) Marthe Lalire-Levesques (1865 – 1952) About the Artist   Little is known about Paris-born portraitist Marthe...
LINNELL James Thomas

LINNELL James Thomas

James Thomas Linnell: Study of Oak Trees; pastel on brown paper, 59.2 x 49.1cm James Thomas Linnell (1820-1905) About the Artist The second son of landscape painter John Linnell, James Thomas Linnell trained at the Royal Academy Schools alongside his brothers John and...
PIRENNE Maurice

PIRENNE Maurice

Maurice Pirenne: Interieur; pastel on paper, 44cm x 36 cm (signed at the lower right) Maurice Pirenne (1872-1968) About the Artist Belgian painter Maurice Lucien Henri Joseph Marie Pirenne, the son of a textile producer, was born in the once-industrial town of...