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Rare pair of large oils on canvas signed Joseph Vaudechamp* (date 1843) representing the portrait of two beautiful young girls of quality, one in the Ottoman style wearing an embroidered green dress and a turban headdress, holding a pearl necklace; the other in the Andalusian style, a black dress with red ribbons and a veil of lace in her hair, in gilded carved wooden frames, from the 19th.
These paintings are in good general condition as are their frames. These are two real pendants made to be presented together, decorated with flowers and fruits (not identical but the decorations correspond).
One painting is signed at the top right, the other also dated 1843. At that date, Vaudechamp had returned from his travels in Louisiana (see biography below) and had since been commissioned by rich French families who had made their fortune to paint their portraits, symbols of their success and/or their wealth (such as the Marquis de la Moussaye in Northern Brittany for example). We can therefore assume that these two young women belong to a rich noble family, perhaps Breton, from the quality of the painting and the richness and originality of their outfits. It is also very rare to have a pair of paintings by this artist.
Note: a few small accidents and holes on the canvases (see red arrows), a few accidents and gaps on the frames, wear and tear, look carefully at the photos. A COMPLETE FILE OF PHOTOS WITH OTHER DETAILS CAN BE SENT UPON REQUEST BY EMAIL.
entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Girodet-Trioson. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon of 1817 and continued his exhibitions until 1848. Married in 1924 to RM Fouquet, he had three children. In 1831, he embarked from Le Havre to reach the United States. He settled in New Orleans (USA) and remaining in the "French Quarter", he spent many winters in the capital of Louisiana. The Creole people of Louisiana, close to French culture, favored him as the portraitist of the large landowners and merchants of the State. He returned regularly to France and his last stay in Louisiana was in 1839. In Paris, at the Salon of 1842, he obtained a Third Class Medal but was never recognized as an influential painter, portrait photography then taking a preponderant place.
Some of these works can be found in public collections in the United States (many paintings are also in private collections):
Hermann–Grima House
Louisiana State Museum
New Orleans Museum of Art
Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
The Historic New Orleans Collection;
in France, in Langres (Denis Diderot House of Lights), at the New World Museum in La Rochelle, at the Art and History Museum in Saint-Brieuc (Brittany).
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