Monumental oil painting on canvas signed Raymond LHEUREUX (1890-1965), French painter, depicting the portrait of his daughter Françoise LHEUREUX (FL), painted around 1940. The artist's work is represented in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims. Provenance: the artist's family
CONTENT: Very good
DIMENSIONS: 73 x 92 cm unframed / 28.74" x 36.22" 95 x 114 cm framed / 37.40 x 44.88"
Biography: He was the son of Clément Victor Lheureux (1865-), a traveling salesman, and Blanche Constance Périnet (1868-). During his childhood, he lived in the wooded area of Châlons-sur-Marne. In 1896, his sister Hélène Lheureux was born. From 1907 to 1911, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Henri Royer. From 1908 to 1911, he studied at the Académie Julian in the studios of Henri Royer and Marcel Baschet. During his studies in Paris, he lived on Rue de Mézières. In 1911, he lived on Rue de Chastillon in Châlons-sur-Marne. From 1911 to 1913, he performed his military service (as a musician from 1912). Raymond Lheureux married Marie-Thérèse Victorine Gand on July 1, 1914, in Amiens. During the First World War, he served as a stretcher-bearer at the front, evacuating the wounded and providing them with first aid "with unparalleled devotion." He participated in the Battle of Verdun with the 154th Infantry Regiment. He painted several portraits of his comrades at the front during the war. From 1921, he lived in Vendeuvre. Raymond Lheureux remarried on May 22, 1928, to Marcelle Alice Marie de Courtilloles d'Angleville (1896-1979) in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. By 1933, Raymond Lheureux was the father of six children: Geneviève, Françoise, Philippe, Bernard, and Anne-Marie. In 1937, he became a member of the Salon d'Hiver (Winter Salon). From 1938 onwards, he lived in Paris. Source: continuation of the biography on Wikiwand
