Lot 187: Antoine Edouard Joseph Moulinet (French, 1833-1891)

A break from school
signed 'Ed. Moulinet' (lower left)
oil on panel
9 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (25 x 31.7 cm.)

Moulinet started his career as a primary school teacher. He came to Paris to work in the studio of Gleyre at the school of Beaux-Arts, then with Giraud. He showed for the first time at the Salon in 1859 painting mostly still-lives and children, continuing to exhibit until 1881. He was made teacher of design at the lycée de Chartres where the museum has conserved his work.

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