An allegory of Spring

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Claude Charles Bourgonnier (French, c.1860-1921)
An allegory of Spring
signed 'CBourgonnier' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39¼ x 28¾ in. (100 x 73 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A pupil of Cabanel, Jean-François Millet and of Falguière (the sculpter), he regularly exhibited at the Salon from 1881 . His works consisted of landscapes, genre scenes but more often opulent nudes, typifying the ideals of La Belle Époque. In 1900 he was conferred a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle de Paris amongst other awards.

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