02 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Paul Sieffert's A MOMENT OF REPOSE and RECLINING NUDE, with footnotes # 172

Paul Sieffert, French, 1874 - 1974

A MOMENT OF REPOSE

Oil on canvas

60 by 100 cm., 23½ by 39¼ in.

Private collection

Paul Sieffert, born in Paris on November 11, 1874 and died in 1957, was a French painter of nudes and portraits, and also an illustrator. He  belonged to the French School.

Paul Sieffert was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme , Gabriel Guay and Albert Maignan . He exhibited at the Salon since 1894, and at the Society of Friends of the Arts in Bordeaux from 1910 to 1939. He received the First Grand Prix ​​at Rome in 1902, the diploma of honor at the Exhibition of 1937. He was secretary of competition at French artists and member of the committee and jury. Knight of the Legion of Honor , in 1931. Member of the Committee of the Free Society of French Artists . He also exhibited at the Salon d'Hiver from 1910 to 1944.

He was also known for his stained glass, decorative compositions and illustrations of luxury books and collections of poetry, including The Flanks of the Vase, followed by Polyphemus and Unfinished Poems (1902) by Albert Samain .

His career mostly based on his inexhaustible production of nudes. More on Paul Sieffert

Paul Sieffert, French, 1874 - 1974

NU ALLONGÉ/ RECLINING NUDE

Oil on canvas

50 by 65 cm, 20 by 25¾ in

Private collection

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