Hovsep Pushman, Portrait of Jules Joseph Lefebvre

Oil on canvas, in frame, signed in bottom right Pushman, 81 x 65 cm (frame 109 x 94).

 

Description

Hovsep Pushman (1877 –1966) was an American artist of Armenian background. He was known for his contemplative still lifes and sensitive portraits of women, often in exotic dress. This is a rare painting a portrait of Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836 – 1911) at an advanced age a teacher in Académie Julian in Paris where Pushman studied.