Paul Sieffert 55 paintings HD

Paul Sieffert (18741957) was born in Paris. He was an accomplished and highly regarded painter of nudes and portraits. He was student under the renowned French artist and sculptor JeanLéon Gérôme and later became an inspired student of Gabriel Guay and Albert Maignan. Sieffert exhibited work at the Paris Salon, established by Léon Deschamps from 1894. Later he was awarded the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1902 and the Diploma of Honour at the 1937 Internationale Exposition. Paul Sieffert became a member of the League of French Artists and was made a Knight of the Légion dhonneur in 1931. Paul Sieffert paintings have become highly sought after and can be found in private collections and many art galleries worldwide. Although he created some decorative works, cartoons for stained glass, illustrations for books, and even, in his youth, several very Realist subjects ( Dockers, Drunken Slave) the latter part of his career was devoted to an inexhaustible output of female n