Impressionist Oil Painting The Theatre Du Vaudeville Paris After Jean Beraud 1849 -1935

Description

Work After Artist Jean Beraud 1849 - 1935
[ See Last Image / Self Portrait of Artist c1909 ]
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The view appears to be taken from the Restaurant Paillard in the Rue Chaussee d' Autn. This is Sylvia of La Curieuse d' Amour, a play in 4 acts, which opened at the Theatre du Vaudeville on 26 November 1900
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Large Scale Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting On Canvas depicting Vaudeville Theatre Paris.
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A later example after the original version and signed lower margin in the name of P.Wilson
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This colourful mid 20th century painting captures the atmosphere outside the entrance to the theatre with a bustling crowd of shoppers intermingling as they wait to enter for a show.
The original painted by talented French artist Jean Béraud who was renowned for his numerous paintings depicting life in Paris and in particular the nightlife of Paris society.
Pictures of the Champs Elysees, cafés, Montmartre and the banks of the Seine are precisely detailed illustrations of everyday Parisian life during the "Belle Époque".
He also painted religious subjects in a contemporary setting.
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Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site of St. Isaac's Cathedral at the time of his son's birth.
Béraud's mother was one Geneviève Eugénie Jacquin; following the death of Béraud's father, the family moved to Paris. Béraud was in the process of being educated as a lawyer until the occupation of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.
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Béraud became a student of Léon Bonnat, and exhibited his paintings at the Salon for the first time in 1872.
However, he did not gain recognition until 1876, with his On the Way Back from the Funeral. He exhibited with the Society of French Watercolorists at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris.
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He painted many scenes of Parisian daily life during the Belle Époque in a style that stands somewhere between the academic art of the Salon and that of the Impressionists.
He received the Légion d'honneur in 1894.
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Béraud's paintings often included truth-based humour and mockery of late 19th-century Parisian life, along with frequent appearances of biblical characters in then contemporary situations.
Paintings such as Mary Magdalene in the House of the Pharisees aroused controversy when exhibited, because of these themes.
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Towards the end of the 19th century, Béraud dedicated less time to his own painting but worked on numerous exhibition committees, including the Salon de la Société Nationale. Béraud never married and had no children. He died in Paris on October 4, 1935, and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery beside his mother.
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Framed Measurements
Height :30 Inches
Width : 42 Inches
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Condition
Very Good Order Throughout for the age
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Dimensions

Height = 76 cm (30")
Width = 106.5 cm (42")
Depth = 6 cm (3")