DESCRIPTION: A Louis Henri Beau (French-Canadian,1863 -1949) oil painting on canvas depicting a seated portrait of a lady, wearing an elegant silk chiffon pale-blue dinner gown with black Chantilly lace in the late Victorian fashions. It is signed "H. Beau" on the lower left bottom corner. With a green velvet matting and with an ornate gilt frame.

Henri Beau was born in Montreal in 1863. He studied with Joseph Chabert in Montreal around 1881. Then, he left for the US in 1884, ending up in San Francisco where he did coloured engravings. Returning to Montreal in 1886, he went on to Paris, studying at the Academie Julian and with Jean-Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.


CIRCA: 20th Century.
ORIGIN: Canada.
DIMENSIONS: Canvas is H: 16" W: 12 1/2". Frame is H: 30" W: 26 1/2".

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CONDITION: Good condition. Frame has several chips. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS(305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission."