Enjolras Delphin (1857-1945)

Lady at dressing tableOil on canvas signed right belowOld original frame gild with leavesDim canvas : 72 x 56 cm Dim frame : 92 X 80 cm
ENJOLRAS Delphin (1857-1945)French school 19th-20th centuryBorn on May 13th, 1857 in Courcouronnes (Ardeche). Died in 1945.Genre paintings, figures, nudes, interiors, painter with the gouache, painter in watercolours, pastellist.Pupil of Gérôme at the National superior school of "Beaux Arts de Paris" then of Dagnan-Bouveret.He exhibited in Paris, at the "Salon" (art fair) which he was member since 1890. He had a very abundant production, particularly in watercolours and pastels, where appear young middle-class women under the lamp or in the warm hearted feeling of family home. He was specialist of young women paintings, often with their daily occupations as toilet.Museum of Le PuyCalvet museum of AvignonBibliography:- Dictionary of the painters E.Bénézit vol V /134- Gerald Schurr Les petits Maîtres de la peinture Vol II