Live Auction 3063Old Masters & 19th Century Art - (including Dutch Impressionism)
Paul Michel Dupuy (Pau 1869-1949 Paris)
Lot 299

Paul Michel Dupuy (Pau 1869-1949 Paris)

Children playing on the beach of Biarritz

Closed25 May 2016

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Paul Michel Dupuy (Pau 1869-1949 Paris)
Children playing on the beach of Biarritz
signed 'P. M Dupuy' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 64 cm.

The artist's studio; his sale, Dapsens Scp., Reims, 5 March 1989, lot 9.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 20 June 2007, lot 107, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is a study for a painting, which was exhibited at the Salon of Paris in 1913. A gouverness and children are at the Grand Plage de Biarritz, while on a sandy hill in the background, one can observe La Villa d'Eugénie, the residence of the empress Eugénie (1826-1920), wife of Napoleon III (1808-1873). The frequent visits by the empress gave Biarritz the reputation of Queen of the Beaches and Beach of Kings.