François Lafon ( 1846 - 1920) La Jeune Paysanne

François Lafon (1846 - 1920) Young Peasant

François Lafon (1846 - 1920)

Here is a delightful painting by François Lafon representing a young peasant girl in a wooded landscape.

the work is signed lower right Dimensions including framing: 39 x 32 centimeters.

Biography:

François Lafon is the fourth child of the painter Jacques-Émile Lafon. He married Louise-Marguerite de Thoury in La Flèche on September 15, 1879, who gave him a son, Jean Lafon (1886-1973), also a painter. A disciple of his father, François Lafon trained in Alexandre Cabanel's workshop.

He debuted at the Paris Salon of 1875 and exhibited historical scenes, religious compositions, genre scenes and portraits. “Her style is slender, graceful and often imbued with dreamy nostalgia” A member of the National Society of Fine Arts from 1890, François Lafon received commissions from the French state.

His works are kept in several French museums in Rouen, Saint-Brieuc and Périgueux.

Public collections

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia, 1875, copy after Francia commissioned by the French State for the Châteauroux museum * Saint Étienne, Salon in 1875, Bourges Cathedral * In Constantinople in the 4th century under the reign of Empress Eudoxie, Salon of 1895, state purchase * In the land of Erymanthe (landscape of Greece), 1881, Painting purchased by the state * Portrait of Albert Leuillieux, 1881, archbishop of Chambéry