This nude study depicts a female model reclining back onto her elbow. Her facial expression looks sullen as she stares into the distance.
The use of watercolour, charcoal and sanguine adds depth to the model's bold features. The painting is signed and dated to the lower right.
On wove.Even discolouration. Holes along the top edge from the artist's original sketchbook.
50.6 x 42.2cm (19.9" x 16.6")Sheet: 54.9 x 45.1cm (21.6" x 17.8")
From a substantial collection of figurative and other works by the French artist Francois Xavier Josse (1910-1991).
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Born in Nantes, France in 1910, Francois Xavier Josse was a French painter and sculptor who specialised in life drawings of nude female models.
He studied at Beaux-Arts in Nantes before moving to Paris to further his studies at the Academies of the Grand-Chaumière and the Colarossi Academy in 1930. A retrospective of his work was organised in Paris in 1989.
| SKU | qw450 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Francois Xavier Josse (1910-1991) |
| Date | 1986 |
| Dimensions | 50.6 x 42.2cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Nudes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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