Philippe Swyncop (1878-1949) - Around 1925 - Young Bullfighter -

Large Oil Painting on Canvas Unsigned.
Work not "Attributed to" but Certified by the Hand of Philippe Swyncop. See photos of his works on Google Images including 2 other portraits of similar Toreadors.
Measuring 94cm x 74cm excluding original frame, 120cm x 100cm overall.

Philippe Swyncop, 1878-1949, Belgian painter of portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Watercolorist, pastelist, designer and poster creator. Impressionist. He was a student of Joseph Stallaert and Constant Montald at the Brussels Academy (1892-1898). He is the older brother of Charles Swyncop. He won the Godecharle Prize in 1900 which allowed him to travel to France and Italy but it was Spain that fascinated him, he stayed there for 12 years. In 1911, at the instigation of King Albert, the Belgian government commissioned him as well as Paul Mathieu, Alfred Bastien and Armand Apol to build a Panorama of the Congo intended for the Universal Exhibition in Ghent of 1913. Before 1924, he paints almost exclusively portraits. A virtuoso of drawing and color, he painted numerous southern beauties. Illustrator of literary works, he was also a good caricaturist. Member of the “Le Sillon” Circle, he exhibited in Brussels. Works at the Museums of Antwerp, Brussels and Louvain. Artist listed in Bénézit, Arto and Piron, listed Artprice, Artnet, Mayer, Akoun....

Pictorial layer in Very Good original condition, neither repainted nor repaired.
Canvas on its original stretcher in very good condition with original additions of painted wooden sticks at the bottom and right, see photos.
Superb carved wooden frame in good original condition with small, barely visible normal wear.

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