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Accademia Fine Art

257 - LOUIS ERNEST ANDRIEUX, known as FORTUNEY (1875–1951)
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Estimate €60 - €120
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LOUIS ERNEST ANDRIEUX, known as FORTUNEY (1875–1951) Young Women at Their Toilets Pastel composition on three sheets, the right-hand sheet signed Dimensions including frame: 25.5 × 42 cm His real name was Louis Ernest Fortuné Andrieux; he adopted the pseudonym ‘Fortuney’ to avoid confusion with the politician Louis Andrieux. Born in 1875 in the Aude region to a modest family – his father was a cabinetmaker and his mother a housewife – he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse. A friend of Rodin’s, he painted with him in the south of France, at Cagnes-sur-Mer. He was a master of the pastel technique, which was very much in vogue during the Belle Époque, and excelled at rendering the velvety texture of fabrics and skin tones. A figurative painter with affinities to Expressionism and Fauvism, and a pastel artist specialising in elegant subjects, he shunned official art exhibitions and contracts with art dealers. He painted numerous genre scenes depicting women in the streets of Paris, before turning his attention to Mediterranean landscapes and the Estérel.
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About the sale Day 2: Major Classic Art Auction – Old Master Paintings, Sculptures, Furniture, Archaeological Artefacts, Asian Art, Curiosities, Glassware, Silverware
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Auction time 11/12/2026 at 2:30 PM
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