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ALBERT DE BELLEROCHE Femme accroupi sur une lit.
Lithograph, 1904. 377x295 mm; 14 7/8x11 5/8 inches, wide margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. A very good, dark impression. Belleroche 18.
Belleroche was born in England but spent much of his adult life in France. He came from a noble ancestry; his was among the oldest houses in Europe and through his Huguenot forebears was connected with the French royal family.
Like Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec, Belleroche came from a wealthy family and was enabled to freely pursue his artistic career. After a breif training with the French Academic printer Carolus Durm, Belleroche set up a studio in Paris, in Montmarte, in the 1890s. He became close friends with Sargent and Toulouse-Lautrec, though he rarely strove for widespread recognition of his works, rather he painted and created lithographs out of passion, not for financial reward, rarely selling any of his work or publishing editions. Belleroche 18.
