Portrait of Madame Helleu
Paul-César Helleu French
Not on view
In this portrait of Alice Helleu, the artist shows his wife and favorite model in a flounced white gown, leaning elegantly on a pedestal table or ledge. His use of red, black, and white media recalls the "trois crayons" technique of eighteenth-century masters, though updated by his spare, linear graphic manner. Helleu earned his reputation as a celebrated society portraitist of the Belle Epoque for works executed in this distinctive style.
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