Baudouin Paul Albert – Young Woman With A Broken Jug – Oil On Canvas – Signed And Dated

Oil on canvas representing a young peasant girl near a fountain, at the exit of a village. The young woman looks desolate because she has broken her water jug ​​which is lying on the ground. The young woman takes center stage. She wears a red dress, a small white headdress and clogs.
The work is signed lower right, and dated 1877.
The work is in very good condition. A visible repair on the back, invisible on the front. It is presented in a wooden and stucco frame, also in very good condition, which dates from the end of the 19th century.

The artist
Paul Albert Baudouin (or Baudoüin) was born in Rouen in 1844. In 1874, he joined the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Paris, in the class of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. He first painted views of Paris and Normandy. The work proposed here dates from this period. At the end of the 1880s, he trained in fresco techniques. He would have a brilliant career as a fresco artist, decorating numerous establishments in Pris, in the Paris region and of course in Rouen. The city gave its name to one of its streets. Paul Baudouin was famous during his lifetime and was widely honored (gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889, Legion of Honor, etc.). In 1919, he became a professor, head of the fine arts painting workshop, a position he held until 1929, teaching fresco technique.
His frescoes are visible in the establishments for which they were created. His painted works have been the subject of numerous public sales.

Work visible at the gallery (07240). ​​​​​​​
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