"The Discreet Rendezvous Of Frédéric Poublon 1857"
Oil on panel 50/64 without frame 67/81 with frame French school Signed Fréderic Poublon 1857 Frédéric Poublon was an illustrator in the 19th century. We find illustrations in the "Francophone Belge" often caricatures and satires of the politics of Napoleon 3. Archive at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris With our painting, we find the humoristic spirit of the artist, this woman who climbs in a carriage at nightfall, one can imagine everything… The pictorial work is of quality, the dress taking up all the space and the light is an original decision, The movement of the woman who gets into the car is very well represented, the little stroke eye to the viewer, caught in the act. The mocking coachman spectator and actor of the scene, a true vaudeville by Feydeau.