William Malherbe (1884-1955) France Impressionist Portrait Of A Nude Woman Painting Oil On Canvas

William Malherbe (1884-1955, France)

Splendid portrait of a young woman in oil on canvas, in late impressionist style, with magnificent colors.

Marked on the back on the wooden frame, it is presented in a gilt frame. Some small nicks on the frame.

In good condition, no restoration or other defects.

Provenance: Private collection Bxl.

Dimensions: 63.5 x 54.5 cm in total / 46 x 37 cm canvas.

*William Malherbe is a French impressionist painter born in 1884. He achieved success in the 1930s by exhibiting at the Durand-Ruel gallery, a famous Parisian gallery whose fortune was built thanks to the support of the impressionists. Fleeing Nazism in 1939, he emigrated to New York and exhibited at the Corcoram gallery in Washington DC.
He was highly sought after there and some of the paintings presented date from this period. He returned to France in 1948 and died in 1955. His works are featured in the collection of the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris, among others. This particular portrait may well have belonged to the family collection, as a large portion of his works were auctioned some time ago. Each of them was of particularly remarkable quality.
It is believed that Malherbe may have kept some of the works and taken them from New York upon his return to his homeland for his own collection.