Gaston Charpentier-Bosio (1858-1923) Large “Portrait Of A Girl With A Fan”

Louis Gaston Amédée CHARPENTIER-BOSIO (1858-1923) “Portrait of a Girl with a Fan” An imposing oil on canvas, signed upper left and dated 1891. This splendid, large-scale painting depicts a young girl in a lilac evening dress holding a fan. In this painting, Bosio demonstrates his skill as a portraitist, fully capturing the emotional and anxious moment of anticipation of a young debutante. The light that envelops the painting falls on her face, highlighting her dark eyes and pale complexion. The pictorial rendering is exceptional. The painting is in excellent condition: on its first canvas, it still has its original gilded wooden frame. Louis Gaston Amédée CHARPENTIER-BOSIO, born in Paris on February 4, 1858, and died in Paris on April 21, 1923, was a French artist. Son of the painter André-Amédée CHARPENTIER-BOSIO and grandson of Astyanax Scaevola BOSIO, a student of William BOUGUEREAU and Tony ROBERT-FLEURY, a landscape painter, he was a member of the Salon des Artistes Français, where he received an honorable mention. In 1890, he became an honorary member of the Salon des Artistes Français. He worked for three years at the Villa Medici in Rome. He was awarded a prize in 1892, received a third-class medal in 1895, and won a bronze medal in 1900 at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. Dimensions canvas 100 x 81.5 cm frame 120.5 x 101.5 cm Video available here: https://youtube.com/shorts/PAuq95CtQP8?feature=share