SOLD
Country of origin: France
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Signed lower left
Dated: 1920
Condition: Very good
Size: 29.00" x 29.00" (73.7cm x 73.7cm)
Framed Size: 35.00" x 35.00" (88.9cm x 88.9cm)
Provenance: Private french collection
Jules Eugène Pagès was born in San Francisco and died in Paris. He was a pupil in Paris of Constant, Lefebvre and Robert-Fleury, was appointed as a professor at the Académie Julian in 1902. He was awarded an honourable mention in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1895, a third-class medal in 1899, and a second-class medal in 1905. He was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1910. He exhibited widely in the United States especially in his hometown of San Francisco and often painted there.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Paris (MAM)
San Francisco (California Palace of the Legion of Honor): Gossip Brittany (etching and aquatint)
San Francisco (De Young Mus.): Versailles (oil on canvas)