Gaston Casimir Saintpierre: Portrait Of Eugene Napoleon Etienne, Charcoal

In the 1880s, the publication of the illustrated catalog of the SAF required artists to send a drawing of the painting they wanted to exhibit, so that an engraver could transfer this drawing to the catalog. The drawing presented is autograph executed by the painter from his painting. Charcoal signed lower left: G Saintpierre, dated: 1881 Annotations: dimensions of the painting 1m05 x 0.78m Eugène Etienne born in Oran in 1844, died in Paris in 1921, deputy in 1881, senator, several times minister and leader of the colonial party before 1914. Reproduced in the catalog of the SAF of 1881 page 35 Gaston Casimir Saintpierre is known as the decorator of the restaurant of the blue train Gare de Lyon, Paris