Marie François Firmin-Girard artwork • painting • previously for sale La Fête Place Pigalle, Paris
Marie François Firmin-Girard
Poncin (Frankrijk) 1838-1921 Montluçon (Frankrijk)
1838-1921
La Fête Place Pigalle, Paris
oil on canvas 72.6 x 103.0 cm, signed l.l. and painted between 1908-1911
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Richard Green Galleries, Londen, inv.nr. RH 586; part. coll. Baltimore, Verenigde Staten; coll. Masco Corporation, Detroit, Verenigde Staten.
Literature: Paul Girard, 'Firmin-Girard par son petit-fils', Orléans 1998, pag. 26 en 39, nr. 111 (met afb.).
The French painter M.F. Girard, better known as M.F. Firmin-Girard, began his career as a painter of historical and biblical scenes. After setting up his studio on the Boulevard de Clichy in Paris in 1861, he mainly painted lively, colourful Parisian street scenes and the mundane life in theaters and cafes. These became extremely popular with contemporaries, as did his flowers and idyllic scenes with farmers and fishermen. Museums: including the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
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