William Ablett 1877-1936 Portrait Of A Young Girl Pastel

William Ablett 1877-1936
Portrait of a Young Girl
Pastel
Signed lower right
Framed dimensions: 56 x 48 cm
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William Ablett entered the Beaux-Arts in Paris in March 1897, as a foreign student, introduced by the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme whose classes he would follow, as well as those of Albert Aublet, who became a great friend of the young man. In February 1900, he won a first Second Prize for figure drawn from life at the Salon des artistes français. In 1907, he became a member of the Cercle de l'union artistique. He exhibited from 1910 to 1936 at the salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, mainly portraits and painted genre scenes. In 1905, he received the silver medal for the painting prize at the international exhibition in Liège.