Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola

1871 – 1950

Portrait of a girl

Watercolour and guache

Signed and dated 1899

11 x 8 inches

18 x 15 inches framed size

Born in Sète in 1871, de Scevola was a painter known for his versatility and his ability to adopt a great number of different styles.

De Scevola studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of Fernand Cormon. He left a large and varied body of work including landscapes, flower paintings and society portraits, however, it is for his symbolist work, if which the present piece is an example, for which he is best known.

De Scevola was a member of the Société des pastellistes de France and the Comité de la Société des beaux-arts de Paris.He became an Officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1914. He is also credited with being one of the inventors of military camouflage during the First World War.

Selected works exhibited at Société nationale des Beaux-Arts:

Portrait of Marquis de Massa, 1908.

Cour d'honneur and Portrait of Mlle W. 1909.

Portrait of Mme V. G. 1910.

Portrait de Mlle Tiane, 1911

Portrait de M. Pierre Lafitte, 1912.

Aïda Boni, de l'Opéra, 1913

Le Château de Versailles, 1920.