ARTIST: Pauline Vallayer Moutet (French, 19/20 centuries)
TITLE: Feeding Baby
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Few patches. Few minor scratches/paint losses. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Some damages to frame.
ART SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm
FRAME SIZE: 20 x 17 inches / 50 x 43 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 132353
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BIOGRAPHY:
Little is known about Vallayer-Moutet, who was a pupil of French artists Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836 - 1912), Tony Robert-Fleury (1837 - 1911), and Jean-Paul Laurens (1838 - 1921). In 1900, she won the bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (World Fair) in Paris and that same year became a member of the Association des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, architectes, graveurs et dessinateurs (Association of painters, sculptors, architects, printmakers and draftsmen). Her teacher, Robert-Fleury, was actually the President of the Association from 1908 to 1911, and famous painter William Adolphe Bouguereau ' whose work is represented in the Museum's permanent collection ' served as President for 20 years (from 1885 to 1905).Vallayer-Moutet often depicts scenes of domestic labor that focus on female protagonists such as maids or seamstresses. Her work was well received during her lifetime, and earned honors and prizes at numerous Salon, the most sought after art exhibition in Paris.