Black Pencil, Balcony On The Seine By O. Heindbrinck

Black pencil, Balcony on the Seine, dated 1895 by Oswald HEINDBRINCK
Oswald-Pierre Heidbrinck,
Born in Bordeaux on October 16, 1858 and died in Paris on March 4, 1914.
Watercolor painter, draftsman, engraver and caricaturist.
Its production in terms of drawings and engravings is quite significant: for example, more than 200 pieces are kept at the National Library of France.

Son of a mechanic, Oswald, eager to devote himself to painting, would have been a boarder in his youth at the art school of the city of Bordeaux after having won a competition and received around 1882 a pension, which would have allowed him to perfect with masters in Paris at the age of 25.

Student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gustave Boulanger. In 1885 he exhibited a portrait at the Salon of French artists. In 1892 and then in 1899, he exhibited at the National Fine Arts Fair: that year 10 drawings and 6 engravings (etchings and lithographs) including a self-portrait. In the meantime, he began to collaborate actively in various illustrated periodicals such as Le Chat Noir, Le Rire, L'Assiette au Beurre.

He was close to Jacques Villon and Toulouse Lautrec, "chronicler and designer of Montmartre life", an attentive witness to all the actors in the field. He also worked for master glassmakers and illustrated some high-quality works.