Les Bavardages

Details

Charles Austin Danforth (American, 19th Century)
Les Bavardages
signed and dated 'Charles Danforth Paris 1885' lower right
oil on canvas
35½ x 51¼in. (90.1 x 130.2cm.)

Exhibited

Paris, Société des Artistes Français, Salon of 1886, no. 642

Lot Essay

Danforth trained in Paris under Bouguereau, Robert-Fleury, Réuész Imré, and Munkacsy. Les Bavardages was one of two paintings that Danforth submitted to the Salon in 1886, the other being Allez-donc, Mollie.