Delphin Enjolras Figurative Paintings

‘Soap Bubbles’ by Delphin Enjolras (1857-1945) depicts a young Belle Epoque beauty lit by lamplight and is signed by the artist. It is displayed behind newly installed non-reflective UV resistant Museum Glass© and in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame. Academy Fine Paintings...

Oil on original canvas. Signed lower right. Framed dimensions are 32 inches high by 25 inches wide. Delphin Enjolras was a French painter. Enjolras' most prominent body of work cons...

This is a fine early 20th century oil painting depicting a young Belle Epoque beauty in the warm glow of a fireside making her finally preparations for an evening engagement by the famous French academic painter Delphin Enjolras (1857-1945). ‘Au Coin du Feu’ is signed by the artist, and hangs in a superb quality, new commissioned gold metal leaf frame. As with all of the original antique oil paintings we sell it is offered in excellent condition, having just been professionally cleaned and re-varnished. Delphin Enjolras studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts, and began exhibiting at the Salon in Paris in 1890. He became famous for his portraits of elegant young socialites lit by the warm glow of a single light source, usually a bedside lamp or fireside. Like Alfred Stevens and Auguste Toulmouche before him, Enjolras was a master of boudoir scenes of young ladies but it was his use of gentle chiaroscuro that makes his intimate pictures unique. Enjolras’ enduring popularity means that copies of his oil paintings – bearing spurious signatures – are not uncommon, and usually the work of Enjolras imitator Max Carlier 1872-1932. Genuine oil paintings...

This is a fine early 20th century oil painting depicting a young Belle Epoque beauty in the warm glow of a fireside making her finally preparations for an evening engagement by the famous French academic painter Delphin Enjolras (1857-1945). ‘Au Coin du Feu’ is signed by the artist, and hangs in a superb quality, new commissioned gold metal leaf frame. As with all of the original antique oil paintings we sell it is offered in excellent condition, having just been professionally cleaned and re-varnished. Delphin Enjolras studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts, and began exhibiting at the Salon in Paris in 1890. He became famous for his portraits of elegant young socialites lit by the warm glow of a single light source, usually a bedside lamp or fireside. Like Alfred Stevens and Auguste Toulmouche before him, Enjolras was a master of boudoir scenes of young ladies but it was his use of gentle chiaroscuro that makes his intimate pictures unique. Enjolras’ enduring popularity means that copies of his oil paintings – bearing spurious signatures – are not uncommon, and usually the work of Enjolras imitator Max Carlier 1872-1932. Genuine oil paintings...

An attractive and striking image of a half-cloaked girl by the glow of her lampshade. A wonderfully brushed turn of the century piece. Oil on original canvas c.1900, signed lower lef...

Delphin Enjolras 1865-1945 French Reclining Female Nude Signed D. Enjolras (lower right) Pastel on paper mounted on board This entrancing pai...

DELPHIN ENJOLRAS "BEFORE BEDTIME" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1925 13.75 X 10.25 INCHESDelphin Enjolras 1857-1945 Delphin Enjolras was born in 1857 at Courcouron...