Lot 113: Exceptional French Japonisme Oil on Panel Painting by Felix Armand Heullant

An exceptional French Japonisme oil on board painting by Felix Armand Heullant (French, born 1834) ""Char Nuptial Japon"" / Japanese Ceremony signed 'A. Heullant' (lower left) Panel size: 26 1/2 x 39 1/2in (67.5 x 100cm) Provenance: Sale, Sotheby's, Olympia, 11 December 2003, lot 230; with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd, New Orleans. Exhibited: Paris, Salon, 1882, no. 1342. Odessa, Texas, Ellen Noel Museum of Art, Where Will You Travel Next?-Destinations in Paintings, November 2012-February 2013; Albany, New York, Albany Museum of Art, January-April 2014; Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown Museum of the Lehigh Valley, June-September 2014; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, February-June 2015; Lakeland, Florida, Polk Museum of Art, July-December 2015. Literature: Émile Bellier and Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire ge´ne´ral des artistes de l'e´cole franc¸aise depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'a` nos jours, New York & London, 1979, Vol. II, p. 237; John D. Champlin, Jr., Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, New York, 1885, Vol. II, p. 252; Michel Aubert, L'Art officiel a` la fin du XIXe sie`cle : dessins et peintures, Cha^teau de Blois, 1976, p. 38. James Allen Scott, Where Will You Travel Next? Destinations in Paintings, 2011, p. 86, illustrated.

26 in.Hx39 in.Wx4 in.D 66 cmHx99 cmWx10 cmD

Excellent

France