Elegant Pastel hair
on oval canvas, signed at the bottom left.
62 x 51cm
Provenance:
- Parisian collection, Mr F.
- By descent to the current owner.
Bibliography:
Antonio de la Gandara, Un témoin de la Belle Époque, Xavier Mathieu, Éditions Librairie des Musées, reproduced p.128
Antonio de la Gandara Collection of M. F.
Lots 47 to 56
Antonio de la Gandara was born in 1871 in Mexico from a Spanish father and an English mother. He arrived in France around the middle of the 19th century and became a student of the painter Alexandre Cabanel and studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme. Painter, engraver and lithographer, the artist knew glory in his lifetime. Today mainly known for his worldly portraits, he also enjoyed painting statues and alleys, such as at the Parc de Versailles, where he liked to go, far from his obligations
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