Lot n° 88
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
ECOLE FRANÇAISE ART NOUVEAU
Les Joujoux
Oil... - Lot 88 - Briscadieu
ECOLE FRANÇAISE ART NOUVEAU
Les Joujoux
Oil on canvas.
Circa 1900.
200 x 82 cm.
This whimsical panel is probably a decoration or the model for a lithograph. The image combines humor with impeccable craftsmanship. In the foreground, toys are piled up: bilboquet, croquet mallets, toy soldiers and a little girl's doll. Above, a cameo painting, hanging from the wall like a Japanese scroll, shows a cart with children. The scroll hangs from a mascaron, which is none other than a nanny's head, wearing a bonnet with ribbons ending in arabesques. The whole is framed by a frieze of wisteria, in the floral spirit of Art Nouveau. Few eras were as sensitive to the joys of childhood, babies and the charms of family intimacy as this one.
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