Contact gallery for price		Delphin Enjolras French, 1857-1945 Le deshabille sous la lampe Pastel 21.1 x 14.4 inches (53.5 x 36.5 cm) Signed lower left: D Enjolras Provenance: Private Collection, France Delphin Enjolras was born on May 13, 1857 in the historic town of Coucouron in the Ardèche. His formal artistic training began in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under the esteemed Salon painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Enjolras also studied with Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret and Gustave Claude Etienne Courtois, and is recorded as having furthered his artistic education at the Ecole de Dessin in Paris under Gaston Gérard. Having made his debut at the Société des Artistes Français in 1889 he was elected a member in 1901 and continued to show works with the Société until 1909. Best known for his dazzling studies of young women illuminated by lamplight or engaged in domestic activities, he also portrayed a number of Orientalist subjects, genre scenes and society portraits. In our piece, Enjolras suggests luscious skin tones with smoothly blended pastels. Bolder cross-hatched strokes create a dramatically textured bedroom. The soft lamplight adds a sensual ambience to the scene. In addition to these figurative scenes, Enjolras painted city views as well as beautiful landscapes.