Delphin Enjolras (1847-1945) Elegant In The Salon

Large pastel painting on canvas signed lower left D-ENJOLRAS (Delphin Enjolras 1847-1945), beautiful romantic composition from the Art Nouveau period around 1900 featuring an elegant young woman reading in a neoclassical living room. The artist excels in the intimate representation highlighted by a play of light full of subtlety creating a soft light with warm tones. Beautiful period frame in carved and gilded wood. Dimensions: 95 cm X 76 cm / at sight: 73 cm X 54 cm. Delphin Enjolras 1847-1945: academic painter of portraits, nudes and interiors, he studied at the School of Drawing of the City of Paris under the direction of the watercolourist Gasson Gerard, he also studied at the Academy des Beaux-Arts in Paris under the direction of famous masters and artists, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. He began to exhibit successfully from 1890 and throughout his career at the Paris Salon, joining the Society of French Artists in 1901. oil and magnified by a subtle play of reflections and light, his works have been Quickly appreciated by the general public, it had the delicacy of a respectful voyeur, its bourgeois interiors, its dimmed lights, its almost erotic lascivious women brought the life and gout of the Belle Epoque. Today, his works can be found in important private and public collections, notably at the Musée du Puy-en-Velay and the Musée d'Avignon.