Emile-Pierre de la Montagne artwork • painting • previously for sale A nude smoking a cigarette
Emile-Pierre de la Montagne
Antwerpen 1873-1956 Elsene (België)
1873-1956
A nude smoking a cigarette
oil on canvas 70.0 x 100.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1951
This painting was previously for sale.
Emile-Pierre de la Montagne was famous for his genre scenes and flowers as well as for his wall paintings. He received his training at the academy of Antwerp, then specialized in monumental art at the academy of Brussels and then learned portrait painting in Paris. During a subsequent five-year stay in England, he received numerous portrait commissions. As a decorator, he took care of the wall paintings in Antwerp's town hall.
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