Boudoir painting with a reading nude was executed in 1927 by listed American painter and illustrator Allan Charles Gilbert (1873 Hartford, Connecticut - 1929 New York). The artist studied at the Art Student´s League in New York and later at the Academy Julian in Paris by B. Constant and J.P. Laurens. Landscapes, genre, nude works, portraits and graphic series ("Women of Fiction"; "Message from Mars"; " All is vanity"; "The honey moon"). Our work was executed by the author under influence of European Salon art of the time (D.Enjolras, M. Carlier).

Literature: (in French) E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999; (in German) H.Vollmer " Artist Lexicon of 20th Century", Leipzig, 1955 and Thieme/Becker " General lexicons of artists", Leipzig, 1921; (in English) Fielding , American Art Annual, 20 (1923) 531; 26 (1929): Obituary.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil, painted in a tondo on square canvas. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 23 5/8" x h 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm), matted and framed w 29 3/4" x h 29 3/4" (75,5 x 75,5 cm).

Condition: in good condition.