Francois Maurice Roganeau Reclining Nude Woman Oil On Panel Bordeaux

François-Maurice Roganeau (1883-1973)

Reclining nude

Oil on panel, signed on the right FM Roganeau

Very good condition

Dimensions:
Diameter 18.5 cm
Frame: 36 x 36 cm

François-Maurice Roganeau was a student of the sculptor Gaston Veuvenot Leroux and Paul Quinsac at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, then he went to study in the studio of Jean Leon Gérôme and Gabriel Ferrier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.In 1906, he won the first Grand Prix de Rome in painting, and the second Grand Prix in sculpture. He exhibited at the 1912 Salon and received a medal for his painting Le Soir, à la Rivière, inspired by one of André Chénier's Poésies Antiques.He was director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux from 1929 to 1958.