Academic Nudes of the 19th Century: July 2012

Maria Kiraly (1897-1975): Female Nude - Mixed Media - Circa 1930

I found another of those illusive academic nude watercolors (mixed media in this case) that a seller on eBay Austria has listed. Unfortunately, I could find scant biographic information on Maria Kiraly. I suspect from that last name she was possibly Hungarian.

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Alexandre Jacques Chantron (1842-1918): Female Nude

The same French seller has also listed this nice female nude attributed to Alexandre Jacques Chantron (1842-1918). Chantron was a pupil of Picot, T. Robert-Fleury and Bouguereau. He entered his works in the Paris Salon of 1877 with a religious subject, gained an honorable Mention in 1893, exhibited Fleurs de primemps at the Salon in 1895. He was awarded a third class medal in 1899, and a second class medal in 1902. He primarily painted history paintings, portraits, still lives (flowers) and later on female nudes in the manner of the great master Bouguereau.
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