Henri Royer 1869-1938 Young Girl With A Doll Drawing With Three Pencils

Henri Royer 1869-1938
Young girl with doll
Drawing with three pencils
Signed with the monogram

Henri Royer is the son of Jules Royer (1845-1900), creator of one of the most important lithographic printing works established in Nancy, rue de la Salpêtrière. Immersed in the art world, Royer joined the Nancy School of Fine Arts where he met Émile Friant. There he took lessons from Antoine Vierling and Louis-Théodore Devilly and exhibited his first works at the Salon de Nancy, including Struggle between two young typos and Young plasterer. These early successes pushed his parents and teachers to encourage a study trip to the Netherlands in the company of Friant, who would then exert an influence on Royer.