Jean Terles Painting Portrait Of A Woman Painter In The Beaux Art Deco Paris Workshop

Beautiful old painting circa 1930, oil on canvas bearing the studio stamp on the back JEAN TERLES PARIS, depicting a painter at work in front of the canvas. Interesting composition of this young woman dressed in a red blouse and a black skirt, the left side of the face in shadow barely sketched, emphasizing the strength of the gaze observing her subject. Some visible restorations, on its original canvas remounted on a modern frame. Total dimensions 79 cm x 65 cm. Jean Terles studied at the Beaux Arts in Paris after a degree in modern literature. He entered the studio of Lucien Simon, and continued his training at the Casa Velasquez. He stayed in Morocco during the war then returned to Paris where he rubbed shoulders with Yves Brayer and Jean Dubuffet, among others. He exhibited alongside them in the major Parisian galleries. He also worked as an illustrator and taught at the Gobelins school. He returned to Lot et Garonne at the end of the 1970s and continued to work and exhibit.