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Nude painting by French painter, graphic artist and sculptorConstantin (Constantin Jean Lucien) Font (1890 Auch/Gers ß 1954 Paris). Student of Fernand Cormon, J. Weber, and A. Bernard. 1921 Prix de Rome. 1926 Member of the Institut de France. 1935 Knight of the Legion of Honor. Numerous works in the art market. – Primarily portraits, female nudes, figurative works, genre paintings, religious and mythological subjects, landscapes and townscapes, including Algerian motifs; medallions, bas-reliefs.
WORKS: PARIS, ENSBA: Ensevelissement de Ste Antoine, 1921, oil. – BN, Cab. des Estampes: Illustrated in "Méthode grecque et exercices illustrés" by P. Couzet et al., 1932. TOULOUSE, Mus. des Augustins: among others Oedipe retrouve les corps de ses enfants, 1912; Le reveil, 1925; Le jockey (all oil). – Hôtel de Ville (called Le Capitole), Salle du Conseil mun. (1935): Les violettes de Toulouse, wall decoration.
EXHIBITIONS: from 1910 Paris, SAfr. (Member; 1922 Gold Med.).
Literature: Vo2, 1955. Mackay, 1977 (Repr. 1995); DBF XIV, 1979; Bénézit V, 1999; Dugnat/Sanchez II, 2001 (see Font-Bertault, C.); E.Cazenave, Les artistes de l'Algérie, P. 2001. – IFF, Après1800 VIII, 1954; B.Toulier (Ed.), Mille mon. du XXe s. en France, P. 1997. – Online: Base joconde, 2003; Base mérimée-auteurs, 2003.
Inscription: signed lower right .
Technique: oil on canvas, framed.
Measurements: unframed w 15 1/8" x h 18 1/8 " (46 x 61 cm), framed w 20 1/2 " x h 26 1/3 " (52 x 67 cm)
Condition: in good condition |