Émile René Ménard Female Nude Oil Study L'Automne 1912

Émile René Ménard Female Nude Oil Study L'Automne 1912mile Ren Mnard 1862 1930. French School Early 20th. Century Female Nude Oil Study. "L' Automne." Signed lower right. Executed on Paul Fonet artists board set onto a stretcher. Original frame. Inscribed in pencil to reverse 11 May 1912, with further purchase and framing information "achete 1915 1,800 f. Le cadre 50f." 31 by 44 cms. Provenance: Private collection UK. From an artistic background Mnard was immersed in an artistic environment from an early

Design for a Lunette depicting Juno on her Chariot

was a prominent Danish painter

Century Italian Neo-Classical pen and ink drawing

Laid on to card some creasing and edge damages

the title is a quote from Shakespeare where the character of Owain Glyndŵr

three quarter view with arms resting on hips

Fernand Toussaint 1873-1955

merging the art of the Danube and Venetian schools

François-André Vincent 1746-1816 French School 18th

The sharp features of Lady Derby tower above the Stadholder

Century British School Watercolour Drawing Circa 1780

but he found his true metier in the 1770s with pictures showing the exploits of soldiers and banditti in the ‘savage’ style of Salvator Rosa