Drawing By René Lelong 1871-1933.

Sensual and lascivious, this young woman comes kneeling and naked, she is full of charm and finesse, she reveals her grace to our gaze. René Lelong offers us through this drawing a realistic and natural vision which transcends the female body. Justin Édouard René Lelong was a French painter. He was born in Arrou on April 1, 1871, he died in Lavardin on August 7, 1933. He was a painter of figures, animated landscapes, flowers, he was also a watercolorist, he illustrated numerous books and magazines and created advertising posters. He received teaching from the Julian Academy, and exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français of which he was a member from 1898. He received a third class medal in 1895. He painted the women and elegant ladies of “La Belle Epoque ". The Museum of Fine Arts of Chateaudun preserves: “one evening” oil on canvas from 1901 and the Museum of Fine Arts of Narbonne preserves: “the omnibus of the sultanas”. Pencil on amber paper. Signed with the monogram RL at the bottom right. Dimensions 45 cm x 51 cm, view 29 cm x 36 cm.