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Paul Helleu

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Paul César Helleu was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Époque. He also conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He was also the father of Jean Helleu and the grandfather of Jacques Helleu, both artistic directors for Parfums Chanel.

Source: Tate · Trust score: 40% · Updated 10d ago

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Artworks (18)

James MacNeill Whistler

1903 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

L'Estampe Moderne: Cinquantes Estampes Originales Inédites en Couleur et Noir des Principaux Artistes Modernes Français et Étrangers, Vol. II

1898 · Bound volume containing 50 lithographs, each with a tissue paper guard

Overall: 41.1 x 32.8 x 2.4 cm (16 3/16 x 12 15/16 x 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Parisienne

1898 · Color lithograph

Sheet: 32.2 x 23.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.); Image: 32.2 x 23.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 40 x 30.5 cm (15 3/4 x 12 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Alexis Rouart

1897 · Drypoint with engraving in black on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 33.6 × 29.8 cm (13 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 57.5 × 41.5 cm (22 11/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler

1897 · Drypoint in black on pale blue laid paper

Plate: 34.5 × 26 cm (13 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 50 × 35 cm (19 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

James MacNeill Whistler

1897 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Half-Length Portait of a Seated Woman, Smoking a Cigarette, Facing Left

1895 · Drypoint on ivory laid paper

Plate: 39.3 × 29.4 cm (15 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 53.9 × 40.9 cm (21 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Seated Leaning Forward, Chin Cupped in Left Hand

1895 · Drypoint in black and brown on cream laid paper

Plate: 38.3 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.); Sheet: 53.5 × 41.1 cm (21 1/8 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Hat (Madame Letellier)

1894 · Drypoint on cream laid paper

Plate: 37.8 × 24.7 cm (14 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55 × 35.7 cm (21 11/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

1892 · Red chalk and black chalk, with incising, heightened with white pastel and white pastel mixed with red chalk, on cream wove Japanese paper

32.6 × 30.6 cm (12 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing

1890 · black, red, and white chalk

Sheet: 63.2 x 44.6 cm (24 7/8 x 17 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kop van een peinzende dame met het hoofd op de hand gesteund

1886 · paper, pencil

height: 202 cm, width: 310 cm

Rijksmuseum

Circular Plaque

1880 · Tin-glazed earthenware, polychrome enamels, and gilding

58.5 × 61 × 8.3 cm (23 × 24 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Woman

1880 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vrouw kijkend naar een prent

1869 · paper

width: 458 cm, height: 610 cm

Rijksmuseum

Lezende vrouw

1869 · intaglio printmaking technique on paper

width: 158 cm, height: 238 cm

Rijksmuseum

Moeder met kind op schoot

1869 · pastel (crayon), cardboard

height: 614 cm, width: 415 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vrouw voorover liggend op rustbank

1849 · cardboard, chalk, pastel (crayon)

width: 415 cm, height: 614 cm

Rijksmuseum

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18 published of 19 catalogued · 18 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Rijksmuseum
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8 entries · 1 sources

Head of a Woman
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Kop van een peinzende dame met het hoofd op de hand gesteund
1886 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Lezende vrouw
1869 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Vrouw kijkend naar een prent
1869 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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James MacNeill Whistler
1903 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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L'Estampe Moderne: Cinquantes Estampes Originales Inédites en Couleur et Noir des Principaux Artistes Modernes Français et Étrangers, Vol. II
1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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James MacNeill Whistler
1897 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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