Antique 19th Century Original Oil Painting Portrait of a Young Woman

Details Details Close Description RODOLPHE CAILLAUX French, 1904-1990 Bouquet of flowers, oil on canvas, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 23″h x 20″w in bold, vibrant red, blue, gray, yellow gold and black colors. Born in Montmartre, Paris, France in 1904 School of Paris Painter and Lithographer Rodolphe Caillaux is known for his Expressionist paintings of landscapes, portraits and Basque genre scenes. He also made a sculpture for the Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris) a medal of Maurice Ravel. A street bears his name to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Rodolphe Caillaux made his debut as a painter at the Salon des Indépendants in 1928, at the same time as Raymond Feuillatte, Alexander Calder, Otto Freundlich, Jean Helion, Georges Papazoff and Joaquin Torres Garcia. He entered the Salon d’Automne in 1932. With the start of the war he moved to Pau in 1940. He helped organize the Salon d’Automne Béarn. He returned to Paris in 1947. Settled in the city ​​of Montmartre-artists 189, Rue Ordener, Rodolphe Caillaux remains close to Pau since he was inducted member of the Royal Viguerie Jurançon in 1953 to the rank of dignitary. Elected the same year member of the Committee of the Salon des Independants, he was the Vice-President from 1955 to 1956. From 1957 he took charge of a group at Salon Comparisons which he became president following Andrée Bordeaux-Le Pecq. It is as president of Salon Comparaisons that he is named knight of the Legion of Honor (the request was formulated by his friend Maurice Boitel as a representative of the Salon Committee.) Rodolphe Caillaux was a member of the Salon d Fall in 1957 and Honorary President of Comparisons. Nephew of Joseph Caillaux, he counted, among his close fellow friends, Jean Baudet, He exhibited in his gallery in Biarritz and Caillaux invited him in to his group at the Salon Comparaisons, as well as Maurice Boitel, group leader at “Comparisons” for forty five years. Similar in style to Henri D’anty. Select solo exhibitions Grenoble, 1928. Charpentier Gallery , Paris, 1937. Galerie La Belle Gabrielle, Paris, 1962. Galerie Drouant, Paris, January-February 1978. Villa Duconténia, Saint-Jean-de-Luz , July 8 – August 20, 2000 (curator: Marc Claerbout ). Corinne Laborde-Emmanuel Workshop, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, 2007, July 2010. Select Group Exhibitions Salon painters witnesses of their time , Galliera Museum , Paris, March-May 1957. Thirty artists from Ackerman to Yankel Kikoine, La Capitale Galerie, Paris, December 2011 – January 2012. The painters of the Nivelle: Rodolphe Caillaux, Jean Etcheverrigaray, Partarrieu Martin, Xabier Soubelet , Bordagain Tower, Ciboure , 10-17 August 2017 (organizer: City Council of Ciboure). Select Museums and Public Collections Basque Museum, Bayonne. National Fund of Contemporary Art, Paris, including National Assembly depot. Carnavalet Museum, Paris, Star fair in the Tuileries garden – The crowd in the garden , drawing, 1955. National Museum of Natural History , Paris. Museum of Fine Arts of Pau. Denys-Puech Museum of Fine Arts, Rodez . House of the Fighter, Le Vésinet. Pully Museum of Art. National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers . National Museum Zabana of Oran . Saigon Museum. Awards and Distinctions Puvis de Chavannes Award Knight of the Legion of Honor less DIMENSIONS 20ʺW × 1ʺD × 23ʺH STYLES Expressionism FRAME TYPE Framed ART SUBJECTS Still Life PERIOD 1950s ITEM TYPE Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned MATERIALS Oil Paint CONDITION Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections COLOR Blue TEAR SHEET CONDITION NOTES Good minor wear. wear to frame as intended. please see photos. See less