Sotheby's: 19th Century European Paintings including Spanish Painting 1850 - 1930: Lot 282
f - FERNAND TOUSSAINT BELGIAN, 1873-1955
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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80.2 by 103.3cm., 31 5/8 by 40 3/4 in.
signed Toussaint l.l.
oil on canvas
PROVENANCE
Whitford and Hughes, London
Purchased from the above by the present owners in 1987
EXHIBITED
London, Whitford and Hughes, A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, 1987, no. 33 (illustrated in the catalogue)
LITERATURE
Patrick and Viviane Berko, Fernand Toussaint 1873-1956, Brussels, 1986, pp. 32-33, illustrated in colour across the centrefold
NOTE
Toussaint enjoyed immense popularity among European high society as a painter of women. Whether in his formal portraits or his more intimate portrayals, he rendered the female form with consummate ease and flair, prompting the contemporary critic, Mario de Monchi, to describe him as 'the unrivalled master of feminine grace and charm.' (Berko, op. cit., p. 5).
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Catalogue Information
Auction House
Sotheby's
Auction Title
19th Century European Paintings including Spanish Painting 1850 - 1930
Auction Date
2006
