Portraits by Bernard Boutet de Monvel

Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949), Wikipedia entry here, was a highly successful portrait painter and fashion illustrator whose mature style was precise, spare, somewhat geometrical (for illustrations) in works that were carefully composed.  I find his drawings more interesting than his paintings, though most of his works are very good examples of Art Deco / Moderne style.

Below is some of his portraiture.

Gallery

Self Portrait at the Place Vendôme
Boutet de Monvel himself was a member of French and American high society.

Elizabeth Fuller (Bobsy) Goodspeed under her portrait by BdM - 1934
A member of Chicago society.

Portrait of Elizabeth Goodspeed - c.1933
Moderne, almost Japanese.

Portrait study drawing
Showing his careful, precise workmanship at this stage of the process.

Finished portrait, sitter unidentified (by me)

Bobby Jones, golf champion

George-Marie Haardt devant son autochenille "Le scarabée d'or" - c.1925
He was a Citroën executive.  An autochinelle is a half-track.  Citroën sponsored treks in Africa and Asia to publicize their vehicles.

Portrait de S.A.R le Prince Sixte de Bourbon Parme - 1934 or before
Having a complicated multi-national family background, he served in the Belgian army during the Great War, hence the portrait setting.

Duc de Brissac
Another portrait of a man seen from a low angle.

Duchess de Brissac en robe du soir - 1945
She is wearing an evening robe.

Mme. Pierre Champin
Similar costume to the unidentified subject's above.  (Or might that have been another portrait of Mme Champin?  Hairdos and facial expressions differ, but that's not conclusive evidence.)  This was probably painted around 1948, to judge by her hair.

Millicent H. Rogers in Charles James gown - 1949
Painted the year he died in an Air France Constellation crash.  Also killed was former world welterweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan.

Bernard, his wife Delfina and daughter Sylvie