A girl wearing Breton costume

Details

Elisabeth Sonrel (French, 1874-1953)
A girl wearing Breton costume
signed 'Elisabeth Sonrel' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and coloured chalks heightened with gold on paper
21 ½ x 14 ½ in. (55 x 37 cm.)

Provenance

with Julian Hartnoll, London.

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Lot Essay

The daughter of Stephane Sonrel, the painter from Tours, Elisabeth Sonrel received her early training from her father. She continued her artistic pursuits in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre.

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