Émile AUBRY (1880-1964)
Portrait in profile
Pencil on paper.
Signed lower right. Small spots of humidity.
Sight: 14 x 12 cm
PROVENANCE : sale of Me Alain Sineau, Auxerre, February 22, 1998.
Originally from Setif in Algeria, Emile Aubry studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme.
Jean-Léon Gérôme's workshop. In 1907, he received the first Grand Prix de Rome with a
Silène enchaîné. Passionate about mythological and biblical themes, Aubry is also a remarkable portraitist.
a remarkable portraitist. He received a gold medal at the 1920 Salon for the portrait of
The lady in black. From then on, his reputation grew and commissions followed. His notoriety
soon exceeded the borders. Wealthy American, Argentinean and Egyptian women came to pose
pose in his studio. One can admire his Tribute to the War Dead in the Hall of Remembrance
of the Town hall of the 5th district of Paris, work which is worth to him a medal of honor of the
of honor at the Salon in 1934. He also realized the immense decoration of the Opera of Algiers, and
designed several paintings for the Algerian pavilion at the Colonial Exhibition of 1931 in Paris.
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