Louise Abbema, Venus and Cupid, Original Drawing, 1927 for sale at Pamono

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Venus and Cupid is an original artwork realized by French artist Louise Abbma (1853- 1927). Pencil on paper, on the back there is the stamp of Louise Abbma’s atelier, dated 1927. Passepartout cm 32.5×50 Good condition. Louise Abbma was a French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle poque. Abbma was born in tampes, Essonne. She first received recognition for her work at age 23 when she painted a portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, her lifelong friend and possibly her lover. She was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon, where she received an honorable mention for her panels in 1881. Abbma was also among the female artists whose works were exhibited in the Women’s Building at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in in Chicago. A bust of Sarah Bernhardt sculpted of Abbma was also exhibited at the exposition. Among her best-known works are The Seasons, April Morning, Place de la Concorde, Among the Flowers, Winter, and portraits of actress Jeanne Samary, Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Charles Garnier. Abbma was also an accomplished printmaker, sculptor, and designer, as well as a writer who made regular contributions to the journals Gazette des Beaux-Arts and L’Art. Among the many honors conferred upon Abbma was Palme Academiques, 1887 and nomination as “Official Painter of the Third Republic.” She was also awarded a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle and in 1906 made a Chevalier of the Order of the Lgion d’honneur.