Bertrand Py (1895-1973) Portrait Of A Woman With A Book (circa 1940)

Bertrand Py (1895-1973) Portrait of a woman with a book (circa 1940) Oil on canvas mounted on panel 91x72cm signed upper left Bertrand PY was born in 1895 in Belfort. At a very young age, he showed serious inclinations for drawing and painting. Based in Paris, he pursued good classical studies which he stopped abruptly to devote himself exclusively to painting. Enters the National School of Fine Arts by cheating on his age. Frequents galleries, the Louvre Museum and copies the works of Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velasquez, Chardin, Delacroix. His Career: 1920: Salon des Artistes Français. 1922: Salon d’Automne. 1927: Salon des Indépendants. 1929: Member of Salon d’Automne. Exhibition at the Armant Drouant Gallery. 1932: Exhibition at the Simonson Gallery. 1933: Exhibition at the Galerie Bernhiem. 1935: Petit Palais: 7th group of artists of this time. 1944: Galerie Guénégaud exhibition. 1947: Exhibition at the Galerie de la Cité. Participation in the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Indépendants. 1963: Galerie Boissière exhibition. 1964: Exhibition at Durand-Ruel. 1965: Personal exhibition at the Maison des Artistes. 1968: Second exhibition at the Maison des Artistes. 1970: Personal exhibition at the Bassano Gallery. 1971: Second exhibition at the Bassano Gallery. Death of Bertrand PY, October 2, 1973.