ANDRÉ CHARLES VOILLEMOT (Paris, 1823 Paris, 1893)

ANDRÉ CHARLES VOILLEMOT (Paris, 1823 Paris, 1893)

SPRING DANCE Painting on canvas
Signature partially visible H-VOILLEMOT.
lower left
Rentoilage
110 x 78 cm
This charming portrait of a young girl posing au naturel is part of the tradition of aristocratic representations initiated at the end of the 18th century in France (cf. Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun, Portrait de Marie-Antoinette à la rose, 1783, Versailles, Petit Trianon). Active during the Second Empire, a period devoted to the last fires of the Ancien Régime, André Charles Voillemot made his debut at the Salon of 1845. He was in charge of decorating the imperial pavilion at the 1867 Universal Exhibition and was responsible for the decoration of the Fontainebleau theatre. His works can still be seen in the
Compiègne Museum and the Victor Hugo Museum. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.