Chantron - Large Painting - Woman Portrait - 1884

Exceptional woman portrait painted in 1884 by Alexandre-Jacques CHANTRON, of very high quality and remarkably framed, which gives it great decorative power !

Born on January 28, 1842 in Nantes, Alexandre-Jacques Chantron was a student of François-Édouard Picot, William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
His early works consisted mainly of portraits and still lifes. Later, he painted nudes in the tradition of Bouguereau, a theme that he continued to develop while experimenting with the new medium of photography.
He participated for the first time in the Salon des artistes français in 1877 with a religious subject and obtained an honorable mention in 1893. He presented "Fleurs de printemps" at the Salon of 1895 before first obtaining a 3rd class medal in 1899, then a 2nd class medal in 1902 for his painting "Feuilles Mortes!", a composition with symbolist accents.
Alexandre-Jacques Chantron died on January 3, 1918 in Nantes, the city where he had worked almost all his life.

His artworks are present in the museums of Nantes, Rennes, Le Havre, Le Mans...

*** Museum-quality paintings by Chantron are very rarely found on the art market, which are often the property of museums, but almost exclusively minor or even uninteresting works (small formats, landscapes, etc.) !
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Oil on canvas

65 x 54 cms (visible 61 x 47 cms)
With sumptuous 19th century frame leaf gilded, measuring 110 x 88 cms and weighing around 20 kilos

Signed "AJ CHANTRON" and dated 1884 in the middle on the left
Presence of a label on the back of the frame probably indicating the name of the model represented "Anne-Marie ROTHOUIS (?) née BENOIT"

Very good general condition, on its original canvas, a small piece on the back, lightly repainted

Photos taken in sunlight

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