TABLEAU "BAIGNADE DES DAMES DE LA COUR AU XVIIIe"... Lot 275

TABLEAU "BAIGNADE DES DAMES DE LA COUR AU XVIIIe" by François FLAMENG (1856-1923) Engraving enhanced with paint by François Flameng, late 19th century, mounted on mahogany panel and framed. A certificate of appraisal is enclosed. Size: 56 x 74 cm Restoration The son of the famous painter and engraver Léopold Flameng, François Flameng learned painting from his father, entering the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in Alexandre Cabanel's studio, then those of Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hédouin and Jean-Paul Laurens. In 1875, he made his debut at the Salon des artistes français with his painting Le Lutrin. Appreciated by Tsar Alexander III, who bought him the painting entitled "Baignade desames de la cour au XVIIIe siècle", he was invited to Gatchina in Russia in 1894 to paint a series of portraits of aristocratic personalities and the imperial court. In 1900, he created the Paris decorative panel for the main dining room of the Le Train bleu restaurant at the Gare de Lyon in Paris. François Flameng was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1905, where he had many students. He became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts that same year, replacing William Bouguereau.