Paul CHABAS

BATH AT DAWN, after 1910 Oil, canvas; 73 x 51 cm

Signed l.d.: Paul Chabas

On the reverse: Paul-Chabas - Societé des-Artistes Français

Paul CHABAS

1869 Nantes - 1937 Paris

French painter. He studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, his teacher was William-Adolphe Bouguereau. He painted portraits and nudes, and his work was heavily influenced by his many travels, including to Norway, Algeria and Greece. He exhibited at the Paris Salon, where he was awarded several prizes. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He gained his greatest popularity with his nudes. One of his paintings, September Morning (Matinée de septembre), caused a morality scandal in New York in 1912. Displayed in a Manhattan gallery window, it sparked outrage from a puritanical section of society. The lawsuit and press publicity made the painting very popular. Millions of copies of it were sold, thanks to reproductions placed in books, magazines, postcards, boxes of chocolates and even on umbrellas and suspenders. Bathing at dusk also gained great popularity and the painter repeated the subject many times.

Asking price 5000

Estimate 6000 - 7000