Paul César Helleu

(French, 1859–1927)

Paul César Helleu was a French painter known for his portraits and scenes of society women during the Bell Époque. Throughout his work, he regularly depicted the period of time between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of World War I in elegant and stylized figurative paintings. Helleu’s work was influenced by his friendships with numerous important painters of the day, including James McNeill Whister, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, and Edgar Degas. Born on December 17, 1859 in Vannes, France, he went on to study at the École des Beaux-Arts under the Orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. After a slow start to his career, Helleu eventually joined elite literary and cultural circles with the likes of Marcel Proust and Robert de Montesquioum, who was a patron of his work. Helleu was awarded the Légion d’honneur in 1904 and received many important commissions, including one to decorate the ceiling of Grand Central Terminal in New York. His works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others. The artist died on March 23, 1927 in Paris, France.

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Drawings and Works on Paper, Impressionist and Modern Art

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Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent

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Femme en buste au chapeau, 1900

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Femme en buste au chapeau, 1900

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Le chapeau à plumes ou Liane de Pougy, 1908

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Le chapeau à plumes ou Liane de Pougy, 1908

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Portrait de femme

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Portrait de femme

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Portrait d'Ellen Helleu au chapeau

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Portrait d'Ellen Helleu au chapeau

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Portrait de femme

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Portrait de femme

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Portrait of a woman in pearls and plumed hat

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Portrait of a woman in pearls and plumed hat

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Reclining woman wearing a long string of pearls

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Reclining woman wearing a long string of pearls

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Young woman with auburn hair in a black hat, 1912

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Young woman with auburn hair in a black hat, 1912

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Woman seated before a fireplace

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Woman seated before a fireplace

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Liane de Pougy, 1908

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Liane de Pougy, 1908

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Femme au chapeau, 1900

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Femme au chapeau, 1900

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La Duchesse de Marlborough, 1900

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La Duchesse de Marlborough, 1900

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Madame Helleu devant les dessins de Watteau..., 1895

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Madame Helleu devant les dessins de Watteau..., 1895

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Têtes de femmes

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Têtes de femmes

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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Elégante au chapeau de plumes

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Elégante au chapeau de plumes

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Elégante au manteau de fourrure

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Elégante au manteau de fourrure

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Madame Marguerite Labady, assise, tenant son...

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Madame Marguerite Labady, assise, tenant son...

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Elégante au chapeau de plumes vertes

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Elégante au chapeau de plumes vertes

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Le tricorne fleuri

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Le tricorne fleuri

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Le visage encadré, 1900

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Le visage encadré, 1900

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Le noeud bleu, 1905

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Le noeud bleu, 1905

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Madame Letellier, 1900

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Madame Letellier, 1900

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Miss Taylor, 1900

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Miss Taylor, 1900

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Miss Chancey

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Miss Chancey

Sale Date: March 1, 2011

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