The Statue | Juliette Stievenart-de Reul

A masculine figure drawn on tracing paper, over 100 years old. From the personal porfolio of Juliette Stievenart-de Reul; purchased from the French Art Shop.  Measures 15" x 10" About the Collection: 19th-century French School pencil and crayon drawing on paper from a portfolio belonging to Juliette Stievenart-de Reul. About the Artist: Juliette Stievenart-de Reul was a French and Belgian avant-garde artist, born on July 14, 1872. She was the daughter of a Belgian geologist and novelist. Gifted in drawing from a very young age and encouraged by her family, she was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. During the 1890s, Stievenart-de Reul moved to Montmartre and frequented the neighborhood's cafés and workshops, mingling with other emerging artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Edgar Degas. A match for her environment and Montmartre at the time, she was full of energy and explored avant-garde concepts through oil painting, drawing, watercolor, and pastels. Her t