ARTIST: Manuel Loyola Barthold (New York, Russian, 1874 - 1947)
NAME: Girl Sitting on Chair
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Two small tears along edges (1" longest). Minor stable craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 29 x 25 inches / 73 x 63 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
He was born in Moscow in 1874, and very soon after, all his family emigrated to the United States. So basically, he was an American citizen even though, later, he was given as well the French nationality. As many American painters at the end of the nineteenth century, he went to Paris improve his skills. He studied there with Auguste Cormon and Jean-Paul Laurens.Artist received plenty of awards: 1894 silver medal at the National Academy of Design (New York); 1904 gold medal at the Salons des Artistes francais as an American (Paris); 1905 silver medal at the International Exhibition of Fine Arts (Liege, Belgium); 1910 silver medal at the International Exhibition held to celebrate the first hundred years of Argentina (Buenos Aires); 1926 French Legion of Honour.