Portrait of Louis Jouvet. Esche one difficult case
 

Oil on canvas, 194H125, not signed.
Judging from the canvas, the picture was written before the war, but perhaps in the 40-50-s 20-th century.
Canvas cheap, thin, barely primed. Portrait before the sale was kept in a roll, discernible traces of the room. Implemented in rasprozhazhe Heritage daughter Jouvet.

Question: who is the author of this work.

Jouvet (Jouvet), Louis (24.12.1887, CROZON - 16.8.1951, Paris), French director, actor and teacher. In 1911 began playing in "Theater des Ar. From 1913 he worked in the theater "Vieux Colombier", was a close disciple and assistant of Louis Jouvet KOSG. In the 1922-34 theater actor "Comedy Elysian Fields" (from 1924 and head), from 1934 until the end of life (except for 1941-45) - Theater "Athenaeum. In the history of French dramatic art became established image of Louis Jouvet Knock ( "Knock" Romain) - a sharp satire on the bourgeois speculators. Among his best roles as Jean ( "Jean from the Moon" Achard), Don Juan, Tartuffe ( "Don Juan", "Tartuffe" Moliere), Mercury, Hector ( "Amphitryon 38", "Trojan War will not be" Giraudoux). Louis Jouvet addressed mainly to the works of modern drama, in their best performances raised the urgent topics of our time - war and peace, ethnic strife, hopelessness of bourgeois society. Since 1913 acted in films ( "Eroica kermessa," 1935, "Ballroom notebook, 1937," Northern Hotel, 1938, "Knock", 1950, etc.). He was a professor of drama classes the Paris Conservatoire.

ranzher, my portrait painting Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov recalled.
No? He died in Paris in the 74-m

Annenkov, but the theater and worked in the cinema a lot.
Since 1934 designed the sets and costumes more than 50 films. In 1955 nominee for the prize "Oscar" of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts for the costumes for the film "Madame de ..." (dir. Max Ophüls, 1953). And somewhere read that and got an Oscar.
And in the years 1945-1955. even the president was "the Syndicate of French cinema technicians.

Afraid to be trapped and silent, but it's the first thing that came into my head

tasha, and then fear something?
Opinion, it should not be afraid. : D

Can and Tamara de Lempicka remember.
It is drawn.
In any case, those who bought at the sale, not miscalculated!

Another portrait of her hand.
And so, putting in a number of these portraits, a picture emerges.
It seems there is something, but not her style Letters. her face in the portraits is softer and rounder.

In my vzgyad-no, not really. There are no sharp surfaces, as presented in the portrait, it all smoothed out.

I do not claim to be art experts, but pay attention to small detail-gloves.

uriart, gentlemen in a tuxedo gloves do not prevent, you know, the accessory of the costume is not a whim of the artist, not the chip, not otredelyayuschy his style sign. In Lempicka at the first picture holder keeps the cylinder, means a coat and his tuxedo. : D

Cyril Syzransky, not about the details of the toilet speech, and that is depicted as a gloved hand.