Solange Christauflour (1899-1952) "roman Bridge In Corrèze" School Of Crozant, Niece And Student D

New oil/cardboard by Solange Christauflour representing an old Roman bridge in Corrèze, signed lower left + located on the back + indications Format of the painting alone 24x33cm and 31x40cm frame included It is therefore a new post-impressionist work by Solange Christauflour who sets up her easel here in Corrèze, most probably on the plateau of a thousand cows between Corrèze and Creuse, where she paints an old Roman bridge under which a small trout stream flows surrounded by heather. She uses a very typical impressionist touch and a very subtle palette with old pinks, mauves, soft greens, sky blue, browns etc... Obviously like 9 times out of 10 we observe a certain influence of her master, uncle and father. adoption Fernand Maillaud. A very beautiful work typical of the Crozant school of which she is a part, she remains among the 3 best female painters of this school alongside Clémentine Ballot and Mania Mavro. Solange Christauflour, born May 1, 1899 in Issoudun and died November 28, 1952 at her home in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is a French painter. Daughter of a school principal and a sales representative, student of Fernand Maillaud of whom she is the niece and whom he adopts, of Émile Renard, Jean Benner and Henri-Achille Zo, member of the Union of women painters and sculptors and member of the Winter Salon, she exhibited in 1929 at the Salon of French Artists the paintings Le Poisson rouge, Le Chemin de Fontauchère (Creuse) and Paysage d'Automne en Creuse and obtained an honorable mention in 1931. Solange Christauflour belongs to the Crozant School movement. In 1950, she donated the sum of 10,000 francs to the Society of French Artists to found two prizes of 5,000 francs in tribute to her uncle Fernand Maillaud. This painting on cardboard is in perfect original condition, delivered in an old golden baguette Work guaranteed authentic She died in 1952 and she is buried in the same grave as her uncle and adoptive father Fernand Maillaud in the cemetery of the Black Penitents of Guéret