Oil on canvas 24 x 21 in framed, art 20 1/2 x 17 1/2, manner of Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889 – 16 November 1962) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women. Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome. From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits, and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up".[citation needed] He also designed clothes for the couturier Paul Poiret. From 1955 until 1962 he was the curator of the Musée Jacquemart-André, organising exhibitions of the works of Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya and others. Domergue was appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. He died 16 November 1962 on a Paris sidewalk. This lot will sell " manner of the artist" under the liveauctioneers platform policy. * When you list a work of art "by" a master artist that is not a copy of known work, it should be listed as "in the style of" that artist.Should be described as "in the style of" Should include a clear definition of "in the style of". A suggested definition:“In the style of” works are works by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist. (Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus)Source: LiveAuctioneers Listing Policies

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