Alexis Ernest Charbonnier, 1846 Nancy – 1932 ebenda

THE MUSE IN THE PAINTER'S STUDIO Oil on canvas. 57 x 39.5 cm. Signed "A. Chabonnier" lower right. In an interior room, a young, semi-reclining woman with her lower legs slightly crossed and her arm raised backwards, leaning on a large sofa with beige fabric upholstery on greenish and bluish cushions. Her head is supported by her hand and her calm gaze is turned towards the viewer. Numerous paintings and collector's items can be seen in the background. Harmonious painting with attention to compositional balance, attention to detail, a delicate and homogeneous color palette and a slow and subtle application of paint. He was a pupil of Cabanel, Sellier and Leborne. Between 1868 and 1913, he appeared at the Salon de Nancy with numerous Lorraine landscapes, some genre scenes, natural corpses and portraits. (1401234) (19)