Paul César Helleu (After), Four Gravures, Mme Letellier

Paul César Helleu (After), Four Gravures, Mme LetellierThis exquisite set of four gravures after Paul Csar Helleu (1859 1927) depict the fabulous Marthe Letellier (1878 1954) one of the artists favourite models. Helleu spent the best part of his career immersed in the drama of Parisian high society and worked in the circle of John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Claude Monet. His oils are particularly evocative and usually portray stylish women with lavish outfits and knowing

Westerbeek studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and several of his works are held in museum collections

This approach

He’s wearing a fancy white cravat under a dark coat according to the fashion of the 1820s

The gentleman bears some resemblance to his father

there was a shift in Dutch landscape painting primarily due to increased demand from the middle classes

waistcoat and black necktie

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 40½” x 36½” / 103cm x 93cmYear of creation: c

Artist’s Auction Highlight: £16

Barotte exhibited at the Salons de Nancy and Remiremont until 1913 and at the Salon of French artists from 1912

A fine mid-19th-century oil on panel by Dutch landscape painter

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29” x 22½” / 74cm x 57cmYear of creation: c

The painting is signed and housed within a later gilt frame