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Country of origin: France
Medium: Oil on panel
Signed: Signed lower left & dated 1897
Dated: 1897
Condition: Very good original condition
Size: 8.00" x 5.00" (20.3cm x 12.7cm)
Framed Size: 12.00" x 9.00" (30.5cm x 22.9cm)
Provenance: The collection of Sir Michael Caine
c. 1910
Oil on panel
£28,000.00
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Appareilleurs
by Maximilien Luce
1955
Oil on original canvas
£16,500.00
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Salon des arts menagers – 1955
by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
1881
Oil on canvas
£79,500.00
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Le peintre en plein air
by Charles Theophile Angrand
1924
Oil on paper laid on panel
£5,950.00
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Dimanche
by Paul Elie Gernez
1932
Oil on board
£6,500.00
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Evening in Paris
by Louis Hayet
c. 1900
Oil on panel
£2,550.00
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Pierrot aux bonnet noir
by Armand Francois Henrion
1918
Oil on original canvas
£51,000.00
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Portrait of a Girl
by Alfredo Guttero
1949
Oil on canvas
£13,500.00
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New York Skyline – December 1949
by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
1915
Oil on panel
£2,650.00
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The Great War – Soldier & horse on a road
by Andre Devambez
1915
Oil on panel
£2,650.00
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Le Café de la Place Blanche
by Elie Anatole Pavil
1903
Oil on canvas
£22,500.00
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Pont D’Austerlitz
by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tarkhoff
1944
Oil on canvas
£3,800.00
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Notre Dame et la Seine a Paris
by Jean Albert Pougny
Georges Bottini was the son of a Parisian hairdresser. He trained in Cormon's studio, and at the same time was employed by Gardi, restoring paintings, which gave him the opportunity to study the techniques of the Old Masters. He suffered with mental illness from a very young age and died in an asylum in Villejuif when he was 31. He also designed posters and produced illustrations to advertise sporting events. His numerous illustrations for Jean Lorrain's book La Maison Philibert brought him to the attention of the general public. He also illustrated books by Gustave Coquiot and Félicien Champsaur.
His work is similar to that of Toulouse-Lautrec, who was probably an influence, as were Steinlen and then Galanis. It is likely that he also drew inspiration further back in art history, from Constantin Guys, and used his knowledge of Guys' work to make his own personal observation of fin de siécle customs and life-style in Montmartre. He found his subjects at the Moulin de la Galette, the Bal Tabarin, the English bars in the Avenue Trudaine and in brothels.
When he first exhibited his work in 1899 Bottini was hailed as a master by Gustave Geffroy. Bottini regularly participated in events and exhibitions at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and at the Paris Salon from 1897 to 1906. The paintings he sent were always accompanied by small-scale watercolours of Montmartre or horseracing scenes.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Paris (MAMVP): Woman with a Parrot (1905); Self-portrait; Portrait of a Woman; Four Women at the Bar; Woman Crouching with a Fan; The Woman and the Sailor; Dancer