Blanche Camus
Portrait Study, c. 1920s
Oil on artist's board
17 x 13 inches
Inscribed on artist's label verso
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Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Note: Blanche Camus (1884-1968) was the daughter of the painter Gustave Camus, she studied under Robert Fleury and Jules Lefebre at the École des Beaux-Arts. Blanche was a close friend of André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Henri Martin and Paul Signac and she was influenced by Matisse. Her work reflects the sunshine of the South of France where she often worked. She was regularly shown by her dealers Georges Petit and Marcel at Bernheim-Jeune in Paris and also exhibited works in a group show in 1925 at the Carnegie Institute which travelled from New York to Pittsburg and Saint Louis.