Emile Antoine Bayard (1837-1891), Oil On Canvas, XIXe

Very beautiful table finely painted representing an actress.

Émile Antoine Bayard was born on November 2, 1837 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre and died in Cairo in December 1891.

French painter, decorator, draftsman and illustrator, it is mainly his drawings for editorial commissions that hold the attention of collectors, such as for Le Journal de la Jeunesse, le Tour du monde, L'illustration, le Journal pour rire and the Travel Diary. The publisher Louis Hachette, who appreciated him very much, often called on him to illustrate novels. He will draw among others for Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, L'Immortel by Alphonse Daudet, From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon by Jules Verne.

He also produces paintings, charcoals and drawings on many themes as well as decorative painting, he decorates in particular the foyer of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris.