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Watercolor lithograph presenting the portrait of Madame Chéruit, by the artist Paul César Helleu
Madame Chéruit was one of the first women to run a fashion house in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, on Place Vendôme. Her taste and refinement were recognized internationally, and she dressed many clients, including the wife of our artist, Paul-César Helleu; he represented Ms. Chéruet on many occasions
Paul César Helleu (1859-1927) is a French painter and engraver; he entered the Paris School of Fine Arts in 1876, in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme, but more attracted to outdoor painting, he would become friends with Claude Monet and Giovanni Boldini, among others.
Of his very important career, we note his beginnings with the ceramist Theodore Deck, for whom he created dish decorations; his numerous portraits of Parisian high society, elegant women; his exhibitions of extraordinary paintings at the Salon des Artistes with Les Grandes Eaux du Bassin de Latone; the decoration of the 'starry vault' ceiling of New York's Grand Central Terminal in 1912...
Framed lithograph, signed lower left
Good condition
Dimensions with frame: 49x39cm
Dimensions without frame: 26x18cm
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