Lot #39 - Paul Francois Quinsac, 1858-1932 (France)
Paul Francois Quinsac, 1858-1932 (France)
Estimate: 30 000 - 60 000 £
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Lot Description
Allegory of sculpture, 1898
Oil on canvas, size 230 x 135 cm (90 1/2 x 53 inches)
Frame dimensions 276 x 160 cm (108 2/3 x 63 inches)
Signed and dated lower right
Labeled MICHELLE ROSENFELD GALLERY on verso
Provenance: Sotheby’s auction New York (Oct 31st, 1985) hummer price $ 36,000 USD
Paul Quinsac was an accomplished painter trained in the 19th century canon of the French Academy that privileged classically drawn figures executed in mythological and historical genre scenes over the avant-garde experimentation of the Romantics and later Impressionists. He studied under Jean-Leon Gerome and regularly exhibited at the Salon, winning honorable mentions at the Salon of 1884 and the Universal Exposition of 1900 and a third class medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. In 1901 Quinsac became a professor of art and drawing at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, and was awarded the prestigious Legion of Honor in 1908.
Oil on canvas, size 230 x 135 cm (90 1/2 x 53 inches)
Frame dimensions 276 x 160 cm (108 2/3 x 63 inches)
Signed and dated lower right
Labeled MICHELLE ROSENFELD GALLERY on verso
Provenance: Sotheby’s auction New York (Oct 31st, 1985) hummer price $ 36,000 USD
Paul Quinsac was an accomplished painter trained in the 19th century canon of the French Academy that privileged classically drawn figures executed in mythological and historical genre scenes over the avant-garde experimentation of the Romantics and later Impressionists. He studied under Jean-Leon Gerome and regularly exhibited at the Salon, winning honorable mentions at the Salon of 1884 and the Universal Exposition of 1900 and a third class medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. In 1901 Quinsac became a professor of art and drawing at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, and was awarded the prestigious Legion of Honor in 1908.
Conditions
Very good condition according to its age
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