Jules VALADON, enters the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1946.
Member of the Salon of French Artists since 1957, he offers portraits and still lifes of high quality.
This artist, a little forgotten by the general public is present in many Museums: Paris (Louvre, Orsay, Luxembourg) Lille, Mâcon, Dole, Creil, Dunkirk etc.
This large portrait (Oil on canvas, 130/97 cm- 166/132 cm with the frame) is part of the movement of the realistic painting of the second nineteenth century which is different from Romanticism characterized by a raw representation of the realities of everyday life and by exploring societal themes