Antique Portrait Painting, Elegant Lady, Playing Lute, Female Portrait, Oil On Canvas, XX(qr69)

The Old Paintings category features a beautiful portrait of a woman sitting in a meadow, gazing directly at the painter. She wears a light, sleeveless summer dress with floral motifs, and her pose is natural and relaxed. Oil painting on canvas with a broad background, a green landscape with trees and a sunlit meadow. A plein-air female portrait, depicting the painter's mother, Renée, as described in the catalogue raisonné titled Maurice Ehlinger — Beauty and Truth. The brushwork features impressionistic touches. Art Deco - Art Nouveau. The antique painting is unsigned, but is attributed to Maurice Ehlinger (1896–1981), French painter, who began drawing thanks to the advice of decorator Camille Braun and, in 1911, received a scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, under the guidance of master Jules Larcher. After the end of the war, he moved to Paris (1921) and studied at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts with François Flameng, followed by Lucien Simon. In 1921, together with Flameng, he decorated the staircase of the Sorbonne. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1922 to 1981, receiving a bronze medal (1926) and a silver medal (1928). The antique painting is presented in an original, contemporary golden frame. The frame and oil painting have been carefully and professionally restored. YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/dlGM7lRRQMs Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionary of Painters, Sculptures, Drawers, and Engravers
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Collezione Bisgart *** Canvas size: 73 x 60 cm Dimensions with frame: 83 x 68.5 cm Depth: 8 cm Weight: 3.5 kg Restored Painting | French Origin | 20th Century | Antiquity | Old Master Paintings | Portrait of an Elegant Lady