Georges Antoine ROCHEGROSSE (1859–1938) - Lot 57

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600 - 800 EUR
Georges Antoine ROCHEGROSSE (1859–1938) - Lot 57
Georges Antoine ROCHEGROSSE (1859–1938) The Oriental Dancer Oil on canvas Signed "Georges Rochegrosse" and inscribed "To Mr. Louis Ménard, his most grateful admirer" in the lower left corner 19.5 x 31 cm Framed (Cracks, warping of the canvas in the upper right corner, chips) PROVENANCE Private collection This work was acquired at an auction following the death of Emile René Ménard (1862–1930) in Barbizon—the nephew of Louis Ménard—by the father of the current owner. DESCRIPTION Trained under Alfred Dehodencq, he enrolled in 1871 at the Académie Julian in Paris in the studios of Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. Early in his career, he painted historical subjects and experimented with Symbolism, then turned to Orientalism after discovering Algeria in 1894. He settled with his wife, Marie Rochegrosse, in El Biar, a suburb of Algiers, in 1900. Every summer he traveled to Paris, where he served on the jury of the Salon des Artistes Français. He was promoted to Officer of the Legion of Honor, then became a patron of the artist Jeanne Granès, who opened an art school in Algiers in 1910. In 1905, he became a professor at the Académie Druet and an influential member of the Society of French Orientalist Painters. Rochegrosse exhibited not only in Paris but also at the Salon des Artistes Algériens and chaired the jury of the Union Artistique de l’Afrique du Nord starting in 1925, founded by Roméo Aglietti, as well as the Syndicat Professionnel des Artistes Algériens. His painting was given to Louis Ménard, a man of letters and a great chemist who discovered collodion. THIS LOT WILL BE STORED AT DROUOT AFTER THE SALE; IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. Please refer to the auction house’s terms and conditions regarding lot pickup before bidding.
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