ANTIQUE  PORTRAIT PAINTING, PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN PLAYING THE PIANO, MID-20TH CENTURY (QR574)

 

The Antique Woman Portrait Painting, Young Woman Playing the Piano, offered here is an oil painting on canvas,

from the mid-twentieth century. The work is dressed in a 20th century period frame.

Antique portrait of a woman, a young woman in a domestic setting, portrayed in an intimate moment of study in her room.

The painter uses warm colours that create a beautiful atmosphere with soft light.

The work is dated 1950 and signed H. Angéniol in the lower left, a French painter from Lyon of portraits,

landscape paintings, religious paintings, still lifes of flowers. French antiquity.

Henri-Charles Angéniol (1870-1959) studied at the School of Fine Arts in both Lyon and Paris taking lessons with the

painter Tony Tollet and then later worked in the studio of the artist Gustave Moreau.

He exhibited his paintings at the ‘Salon des Artistes Français’ in Paris from 1904 to 1914.

He exhibited his works continuously at the ‘Société lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts’ from 1919 to 1959.

He was praised by the press of the period for his ability to portray subjects in their intimate expressiveness

in everyday moments. His painting was defined as ‘intimist painting’.

He exhibited his paintings at the 'Salon de Paris' from 1890. The frame and oil paintings are professionally restored.

So, we can consider that this Antique Woman Portrait Painting,  Young Woman Playing the Piano,

Oil On Canvas, 20th Century a beautifull painting of flowers.

Restored Painting | French Origin | 20th Century | French Antiquity |  Lyon School

Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs.

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Canvas size: 46.5 x 38.5 cm

Size with frame: 59 x 51 cm

Depth: 6 cm

Weight: 1.4 kg