Henri-Jacques Edouard Evenepoel

Mme André Devis, Brussels
Bern'Art, Brussels
Private Collection, Belgium

Antwerp, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Evenepoel, 1953, no. 58
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Henri Evenepoel, 1872-1899, 1994, no. 81, illustrated in the catalogue as Etude de nu. Femme de face, une main derrière le dos, dans l'atelier

Charles De Mey (the artist's son), unpublished monograph on Henri Evenepoel, p. 219, no. 4

Original canvas. There are some restrorations, notably to the upper left side and the lower right side that correspond with patches on the reverse, as well as some small, scattered retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from some scattered craquelure overall, the work is in good overall condition. Held in a simple, modern, cream, gold and black-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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Painted circa 1894, Femme nue. Etude d'atelier is an early work from Evenepoel's first Paris period.

From the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Evenepoel moved to Paris in 1892. Like Alfred Stevens before him (lots 308 & 338) Evenepoel fell under the spell of the vibrant Parisian art scene. Studying in Gustave Moreau's studio (lots 324 &327), he met Rouault and Matisse, and his style and subject matter soon changed from sombre-toned, traditional history painting to genre and portraiture.