Tomboy by J.L. BOUSSINGAULT (1883-1943)

An oil on canvas (réentoilée) measuring 55x46 cm without the frame Montparnasse representing a nude boy circa 1922 monogrammed LB.

Jean-Louis BOUSSINGAULT (1883-1943): Born in Paris, Boussingault frequented the painters André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Luc-Albert Moreau, Valdo Barbey and André Villeboeuf in the 1900s: they were all students at the Académie Julian and then at the La Palette Academy where he has as teachers Charles Guérin, Georges Desvallières, and Pierre Laprade. During the summer of 1908, this group of friends went on vacation to Saint-Tropez and painted together. For a time, Dunoyer and Boussingault share the same workshop in Paris.
He exhibited for the first time in 1909 at the Salon des Independants.