Bisson, EduardFeengestalt. Ca. 1900. crystoleum... Lot 955

Bisson, EduardFeengestalt. Ca. 1900. crystoleum on convex glass plate. 27 x 18 cm. Signed. Framed in period frame. Bisson, Eduard Fairy figure. Ca. 1900. Crystoleum on convex glass plate. 27 x 18 cm. Signed. Framed in the frame of the period. In the crystoleum technique, an albumen print is glued to the inside of a convex glass plate. In the next step, the paper backing of the print is rubbed off, leaving only the transparent emulsion behind. The work was then colored on the reverse by hand in oil paint. Crysstoleen were very popular between the 1880s and 1910s. - Edouard Bisson was a French painter of the fin de siècle. He is best known for his ethereal depictions of women, in which he concentrated on the exaggeration of a stylized form of female beauty and which are stylistically reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites. Bisson exhibited several times at the Paris Salon and won the bronze medal at the 1900 World Exhibition. - The glass with a few superficial scratches in places. Good overall. Crystoleum on convex glass plate. Signed. Framed in a frame of the time. - In the Crystoleum technique, an albumen print is glued to the inside of a convex glass plate. In the following step, the paper backing of the print is rubbed off so that only the transparent emulsion remains. The work was then colored on the reverse side by hand in oil paints. - Edouard Bisson was a French painter of the Fin de Siècle. He is best known for his ethereal depictions of women, in which he concentrated on the exaggeration of a stylized form of female beauty and which are strongly reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites in terms of stillness. - On the glass with few and superficial scratches in spots. Overall well preserved.