Madeleine Jeanne Lemaire

Madeleine-Jeanne Lemaire (French, 1845-1928) "Still Life of Jars", watercolor and crayon on paper, signed lower left "M. Lemaire", reverse with a Shepherd gallery exhibition label, sight 4-3/8" x 6-5/16". Glazed, attractively French matted and presented in a giltwood and gesso frame. Exhibition and Literature: French and Other European Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century , Winter 1980-1981, Shepherd Gallery, New York.

MADELEINE LEMAIRE FRENCH, 1845 - 1928 115 by 138cm., 45¼ by 54¼in. DESCRIPTION signed Madeleine Lemaire lower left oil on canvas PROVENANCE Sale: Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1984, lot 78 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner CATALOGUE NOTE The figure seated on the right of the sofa is probably a self-portrait. Lemaire had a great reputation at the turn of the century, and the musical receptions she held in her atelier were among the most fashionable in Paris at that time. Réjane, Dumas fils, Bartet, Léon Daudet, Coquelin 'père et fils' were all frequent guests, and it was at one such evening that Marcel Proust met Robert de Montesquiou.

MADELEINE-JEANNE LEMAIRE, 1845-1928 (1845-1928) - LA FLEUVE -
Mis: 61 by 50cm.; 24 by 19¾in.
signed oil on canvas

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Europe