LOUIS ERNEST ANDRIEUX, known as FORTUNEY (1875–1951)

LOUIS ERNEST ANDRIEUX, known as FORTUNEY (1875–1951) The Smiling Gypsies Two pastels on paper, signed lower left Dimensions (viewing area): 31 x 23 cm His real name was Louis Ernest Fortuné Andrieux; he adopted the pseudonym “Fortuney.” A student at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts and a friend of Rodin’s, he painted with Rodin in the south of France, in Cagnes-sur-Mer. He was a master of the pastel medium, which was very fashionable during the Belle Époque, and excelled at rendering

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H 31 × B 23 cm