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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Portrait de femme en buste

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Portrait de femme en buste

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Frauenkopf in sechs Varianten (study)

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Frauenkopf in sechs Varianten (study)

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Portrait de jeune femme

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Portrait de jeune femme

Sale Date: November 4, 2011

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Madame Letellier, en buste de profil à..., 1900–1901

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Madame Letellier, en buste de profil à..., 1900–1901

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Miss Taylor, 1900

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Miss Taylor, 1900

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Femme au chapeau à plume, 1900

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Femme au chapeau à plume, 1900

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Portraits d'élégantes

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Portraits d'élégantes

Sale Date: October 23, 2011

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Femme au cape

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Femme au cape

Sale Date: November 7, 2011

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Woman reading

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Woman reading

Sale Date: October 22, 2011

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Portrait of Ellen Helleu, the artist's daughter

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Portrait of Ellen Helleu, the artist's daughter

Sale Date: November 21, 2011

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Portrait de femme se coiffant, 1896

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Portrait de femme se coiffant, 1896

Sale Date: October 24, 2011

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Portrait of Ellen, the artist's daughter

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Portrait of Ellen, the artist's daughter

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Élégante à la chaise longue

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Élégante à la chaise longue

Sale Date: October 18, 2011

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Élégante au guéridon

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Élégante au guéridon

Sale Date: October 6, 2011

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Portrait of a girl wearing a bonnet

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Portrait of a girl wearing a bonnet

Sale Date: October 11, 2011

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Portrait d'enfant, 1888

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Portrait d'enfant, 1888

Sale Date: October 5, 2011

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Portrait de garçon

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Portrait de garçon

Sale Date: October 5, 2011

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Ellen Helleu et Henri Collin Delavaud, fille et...

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Ellen Helleu et Henri Collin Delavaud, fille et...

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Lucy Louis-Guérin, belle-soeur de l'artiste

Paul César Helleu

Lucy Louis-Guérin, belle-soeur de l'artiste

Sale Date: October 5, 2011

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Lucy Louis-Guérin, belle-soeurde l'artiste...

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Lucy Louis-Guérin, belle-soeurde l'artiste...

Sale Date: October 5, 2011

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Head of Helena Rubinstein with egret feathers, 1908

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Head of Helena Rubinstein with egret feathers, 1908

Sale Date: October 11, 2011

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Femme au chapeau noir

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Femme au chapeau noir

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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Femme au collier perle, 1900

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Femme au collier perle, 1900

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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Femme au chapeau, 1900

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Femme au chapeau, 1900

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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