Young French Cancan Dancer Getting Ready, Attributed To Claude Firmin, Circa 1890
Artist: Claude Firmin?
Oil on canvas depicting a young French cancan dancer preparing to go on stage. A very beautiful and highly sensual scene, painted by an artist of the Fauvist school, circa 1880–1890. On the back is a label reading: “Attributed to Claude FIRMIN, 1864–1944; canvas discovered in the painter’s studio upon his death.” He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1889 to 1922. A member of the Group of Thirteen, he became director of the Beaux-Arts in Avignon and was regarded as a Provençal master of painting. Re-stretched, 19th-century frame: 73x61
4 500 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Art Nouveau
Condition: Fully restored
Material: Oil painting
Width: 61
Height: 73
Reference (ID): 1834477
Availability: In stock
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