Milord Antiques
Émile Aubry
Oil on Canvas of Bathsheba by Émile Aubry
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Oil on Canvas of Bathsheba by Émile Aubry
France: circa 1928
Emile Aubry was born in Algeria but moved to Paris as a child. In 1904 he became the pupil of Gerome, later transferring to the atelier Carolus-Duran. Never forgetful of his childhood in North Africa, where he continued to travel, Aubry produced many orientalist works before turning to portraiture and the grand "Neo-Classical" style which became fashionable in the 1920s.
size with frame H:75.2 W:71.25 in.
Condition report: original stretcher and frame with silver leaf updated, no previous restoration
Literature: Suzanne Casanova Aubry, Emile Aubry : regards de peintre, Edité à compte d’auteurs, Nice, 1997 see sketch p.97
France: circa 1928
Emile Aubry was born in Algeria but moved to Paris as a child. In 1904 he became the pupil of Gerome, later transferring to the atelier Carolus-Duran. Never forgetful of his childhood in North Africa, where he continued to travel, Aubry produced many orientalist works before turning to portraiture and the grand "Neo-Classical" style which became fashionable in the 1920s.
size with frame H:75.2 W:71.25 in.
Condition report: original stretcher and frame with silver leaf updated, no previous restoration
Literature: Suzanne Casanova Aubry, Emile Aubry : regards de peintre, Edité à compte d’auteurs, Nice, 1997 see sketch p.97