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Hippolyte Berteaux (1848-1926)
Portrait of a magistrate
Oil on canvas, wood frame and gilded stucco
1877
Signed and dated upper right: Berteaux 1877
On the top center frame, note on a plaque: H. BERTEAUX
With frame: H.148 - W.125 - D.12.5 cm
Sight: H.113 - W.89 cm
Large, handsome portrait of a medal-winning magistrate.
The frame shows some whitening: restoration estimate on request.
Born on March 28, 1843 in Saint-Quentin and died on October 17, 1926 in Paris, Hippolyte Berteaux was a French painter, known for his murals and portraits. The son of a sculptor, Hippolyte Berteaux learned to paint at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin, Léon Cogniet and Paul Baudry. From 1872 to 1875, he was painter to the Sultan in Istanbul. He then moved to Nantes, where he painted portraits and landscapes, notably sunsets over the dunes. One of his works is in the Musée d'Orsay collection.
He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he was awarded a 2nd-class medal in 1885, before exhibiting out of competition. From 1901 onwards, he sent his works to the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts. Knighted in 1891 and made an Officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1923, he was elected Sociétaire des Beaux-Arts in 1906.
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