"Les blanchisseuses" par Armand Joseph Séchet

Large oil on canvas depicting laundresses in a Parisian street. This very poignant work of the social realism of the time, presents us with shapeless women, exhausted by work and whose bodies merge with their bundles of linen, the whole being illuminated by the harsh light of a cafe with the probable hints of 'Absinthe. This painting which is very inspired by "" Blanchisseuses "of 1899 by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923), was executed by Armand Joseph Séchet around 1910. The latter was born in Luynes in 1889 and died on November 7, 1918 in Paris in Beaujon hospital following his war wounds, where he fought as a soldier in the 6th Genie. He married in Cinq-mars-la-pile in 1912 with a young widow, a seamstress in Paris. We can imagine that he had painted this picture in homage to the hard work of his wife but also to the women of the working-class society of the time. French School circa 1910. Small piece on canvas, small covers. Modern frame. Frame: 97 cm x 81 cm. Canvas : 81 cm x 65 cm.