Louis Fortuney pastel painting impressionist toulousain painting

Authentic pastel signed louis fortuney 1875 / 1951 impressionist painting. Pastel impressionist painting by louis fortuney 1875 /1951. Rectangular shaped table. Pastel on paper depicting a flute player. Very fresh colors. Pastel under glass. Period setting to change or restore. Sign at the bottom left. Very nice room see photos. Frame 52.5 X 45 cm. Marielouise 31 X 24 cm. Biography: Louis ernest fortuné andrieux known as fortuney. Louis ernest fortuné andrieux is a french painter, fresco artist, engraver, lithographer and pastellist born in 1875. For reasons of homonymy with louis andrieux, he took the pseudonym of fortuney. He was a friend of rodin and painted with him in the south of the france, in cagnes-sur-mer. Fortuney is inspired by the sea, the breton lights and those of the mediterranean. He obtained the commission of the state for important paintings intended to decorate the ministry of the navy, but never, despite the rumor, was official painter of the navy (cf the collection of the appointments of the pom). Fortuney painted many genre scenes depicting women in the streets of paris, as well as marines. He is an expert in the handling of pastel, very fashionable in the belle epoque, and excels at rendering the velvety fabrics and skin tones. He made many works illustrating parisian life and cafes, scenes of life taken on the spot, with the same immediacy as the impressionists. Fortuney died in 1951.