Andre Nevil - 1900 Pastel, Standing Woman in Library

Description

Andre Nevil - Original 1900 Pastel. Pastel, graphite and pen and ink. On paper, laid down at one edge on backing paper. There is an additional pen and ink sketch of a man on the reverse. Unsigned. In fine condition.

From a sketchbook by Andre Nevil. Dated on the front of the sketchbook c.1900. Two of the sketches are actually dated, 1912 and 1914. Two are signed. The album cover and signatures pictured are for illustration and are not included with each item.

Andre Nevil was a French artist and illustrator working around 1900. He produced illustrations of French life for modern advertisement posters and for magazines such as ‘La Vie Parisienne’. Typifying his work, the weekly magazine ‘La Vie Parisienne’, first published during late Victorian times, became increasingly popular during WWI and subsequently during the roaring twenties. It was directed at French high society and accented towards the arts and male readers. The publication spanned both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods and its content was often mildly risqué but nevertheless tastefully drawn, reflecting the Golden Age of French Art – La Belle Epoch.

Our collection of pen and ink portrait sketches by Nevil includes studies of French personalities, figures of the stage in theatrical poses and fine costumes, and nude female beauties. Many sketches have coloured pastel highlights, and nearly all are laid down on backing paper.

Size

27.4 x 12.2cm (10.8" x 4.8")

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