Antoine Calbet Watercolour Study Of A Young Woman Holding A Bonnet Circa.1900 satire "Simon Bolivar

"Simon Bolivar

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He is noted as a painter of decorative landscapes and classical ruins much influenced by Nicolas Poussin and Gaspard Dughet

Antoine Calbet Watercolour Study Of A Young Woman Holding A Bonnet Circa.1900 satire "Simon BolivarAntoine Calbet 1860 1944. French School Watercolour. Study of a young woman holding a bonnet, Circa. 1900. Signed lower left 10. 2 by 14 cms. A pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Calbet first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1880 and continuously thereafter up until his death in 1944. Known primarily for his impressionistic watercolours of women, he also worked as a decorative painter in the interior design schemes of belle epoque theatres and restaurants, as