Julien Michel Gué (1789-1843) Pastoral Portrait Of A Woman And Her Child Oil On Canvas 1820

Julien Michel Gué (1789-1843) pastoral portrait of a woman and her child oil on canvas Romantic period circa 1820

This elegant, museum-quality oil on canvas depicts a rural portrait of a woman and her child.

Julien Michel Gué was at the apogee of his art at the heart of the Romantic period circa 1820-1830. The curators of many museums were not mistaken about this fine painter, and museum acquisitions were numerous.

We present this painting in its beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame.

Sizes unframed:    H 18.11 Inches. - W 14.56 Inches.
Sizes with frame:  H 24.40 Inches. - W 21.25 Inches.

Biography:

Julien Michel Gué was born on July 19th or 25th, 1789 in Santo-Domingo and died on December 13th, 1843 in Paris. It was a French painter early 19th century.
Painter of history, religious subjects, genre scenes, portraits, inside of churches, landscapes, watercolorist, murals, draftsman.
He was the Jacques Louis David pupil, then Pierre Lacour. He appeared in the Salon de Paris from 1819, up to his death.
He obtained the second-class medal in 1828, the First-Class medal in 1831, and the French "Légion d'Honneur" in 1834.
He began for the Chapel of Dreux: Jesus in front of Caïphe and Saints Femmes in the Grave of the Christ who will be ended with his nephew, Jean-Marie Oscar Gué.

Bibliography:

Catalogue de l’Exposition 1815-1850. Les Années Romantiques, éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 1995.
Benezit. Les Petits Maitres de la Peinture Tome 1, Editions de l’Amateur.

Museum:

Museum of Picardie  of Amiens : Le Dernier Soupir du Christ.
Museum of Beaux Arts of Bordeaux : Jésus devant Caïphe - Briséis pleurant Patrocle.
Museum of Brême : Scène de rue à Ulm.
Museum of Compiegne : Paysage.
Museum Vivenel - Compiegne : Une Porte à Beaumont.
Museum of Beaux-arts of Douai: Vue du Puy de Dôme - Vue de la Ville du Puy.
Museum of Dreux : Nombreuses esquisses.
Museum of Lisieux : Forêt du Morvan.
Museum of Niort : Le Sacrifice de de Jephté.
Museum Crozatier of Puy-en-Velay : Combat à la Porte de Pansac au Puy-en-Velay.
Museum of Beaux-Arts of Reims : Raymond VI, Comte de Toulouse se réconciliant avec l’église, 18 juin 1209.
Museum of Beaux-Arts of Rennes : Les Saintes Femmes au Tombeau du Christ.
Museum of Saumur-en-Auxois : Vue du Rhin.
Museum of Versailles : Rencontre d’Anne d’Autriche et de Philippe IV.
Musée of Vesoul : Paysage, route du Tyrol.