Guillaume Larrue (1851-1935) Interior Scene

Impressionist style painting circa 1900 oil painting on canvas signed lower right LARRUE (Guillaume Larrue 1851-1935) depicting a refined neoclassical interior featuring a young girl sitting opening a large book on a desk. Dimensions: 85 cm X 72 cm Guillaume Larrue (1851-1935) French painter born in 1851 in Bordeaux. Student of Cabanel, he belongs to the Impressionist style and exhibited his works in Paris between 1879 and 1935. Several purchases by the State allow his works to be seen at the Louvre Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bordeaux, and the Lambinet Museum in Versailles. This artist is well referenced and appears on the Musée d'Orsay website. Note the Marble Staircase sold for €3,000 at Christie's in Paris on June 22, 2006; and View of a Fountain acquired for $6,000 at Sotheby's in New York on May 23, 1989