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Paul César Helleu, born in 1859, was a French painter and draughtsman of Impressionism. In addition to his better known oil portraits, Helleu made a large number of sketches of women. The work of the successful Frenchman had a decisive influence on art in Europe around 1900. In his childhood he lived with his middle-class but not wealthy family in the town of Vannes on the west coast of Brittany in France. Helleu was still a teenager when his father died. To support the family financially, the young man left home and moved to Paris. At the age of 16 he was accepted to study at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied painting in the class of the artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. In Paris, he encountered the revolutionary movement of the Impressionists and had the good fortune to meet respected painters such as Whistler and Monet.
Helleu's artist colleagues Giovanni Boldini and John Singer Sargent strongly influenced both Helleu's career and his understanding of art. Sargent also supported his friend financially and often acquired his paintings for large sums of money. The newcomer Helleu quickly established himself in rich Parisian society as a hip portraitist. Among his wealthy clients were the Duchess of Marlborough, the fashion designer Coco Chanel and Helena Rubinstein. When he received the lucrative commission to paint the beautiful girl Alice Guérin in 1884, he fell in love with her. Two years later the wedding followed. His wife remained his favourite model all his life and the most frequent motif of his portraits.
Helleu's painting "Gare Saint Lazare" from 1885 was one of his first impressionistic works. In the same year he travelled to England. In London he visited his friend Whistler and through him he met the etcher James Tissot, who introduced Hellau to the art of drypoint etching. The French painter was enthusiastic about this new craft for him, which offered him further artistic dimensions for his creative ideas. In addition to his main pillar as a professional painter, he also advanced to become a talented and no less successful printer. The well-known artist Edgar Degas managed to persuade his modest friend Helleu to exhibit at the eighth Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1886. The group exhibit received many good reviews and the interest of the public and the press in Helleu continued to grow. Privately, the talented artist was an enthusiastic sailor. His commercial success allowed him to acquire a total of four yachts during his lifetime.
Paul César Helleu, born in 1859, was a French painter and draughtsman of Impressionism. In addition to his better known oil portraits, Helleu made a large number of sketches of women. The work of the successful Frenchman had a decisive influence on art in Europe around 1900. In his childhood he lived with his middle-class but not wealthy family in the town of Vannes on the west coast of Brittany in France. Helleu was still a teenager when his father died. To support the family financially, the young man left home and moved to Paris. At the age of 16 he was accepted to study at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied painting in the class of the artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. In Paris, he encountered the revolutionary movement of the Impressionists and had the good fortune to meet respected painters such as Whistler and Monet.
Helleu's artist colleagues Giovanni Boldini and John Singer Sargent strongly influenced both Helleu's career and his understanding of art. Sargent also supported his friend financially and often acquired his paintings for large sums of money. The newcomer Helleu quickly established himself in rich Parisian society as a hip portraitist. Among his wealthy clients were the Duchess of Marlborough, the fashion designer Coco Chanel and Helena Rubinstein. When he received the lucrative commission to paint the beautiful girl Alice Guérin in 1884, he fell in love with her. Two years later the wedding followed. His wife remained his favourite model all his life and the most frequent motif of his portraits.
Helleu's painting "Gare Saint Lazare" from 1885 was one of his first impressionistic works. In the same year he travelled to England. In London he visited his friend Whistler and through him he met the etcher James Tissot, who introduced Hellau to the art of drypoint etching. The French painter was enthusiastic about this new craft for him, which offered him further artistic dimensions for his creative ideas. In addition to his main pillar as a professional painter, he also advanced to become a talented and no less successful printer. The well-known artist Edgar Degas managed to persuade his modest friend Helleu to exhibit at the eighth Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1886. The group exhibit received many good reviews and the interest of the public and the press in Helleu continued to grow. Privately, the talented artist was an enthusiastic sailor. His commercial success allowed him to acquire a total of four yachts during his lifetime.
.jpg "Woman Reclining by Paul Cesar Helleu")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-88972).jpg "The Artist")
.jpg "Young Woman on the Sofa by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Portrait of a Lady, Possibly Madam Van Cleef by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Madame Helleu with a Hat by Paul Cesar Helleu")
 - (MeisterDrucke-555836).jpg "Madame Helleu Writing by Paul Cesar Helleu")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-71834).jpg "Madame Paul Helleu and her Daughter Paulette, 1905 by Paul Cesar Helleu")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-111413).jpg "Hide and Seek by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Madame Helleu Reclining on a Chaise-Longue by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Paul Cesar Helleu")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-41775).jpg "Paulette Reading Sitting on her Toy Dog by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Portrait of Madame Helleu Leaning on a Table by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Madame Helleu Seated by a Harp by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "James MacNeill Whistler by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Madame Helleu Reading by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Madame Helleu by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Woman Looking at Watteau Drawings in the Louvre by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Portrait of a Lady, thought to be Madame Helleu by Paul Cesar Helleu")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122265).jpg "Study of Women by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "Portrait of Miss Taylor Leaning on a Table by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "An Elegant Lady in a White Dress by Paul Cesar Helleu")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-184966).jpg "The Young Connoisseur by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "A Family Dinner at the Ritz, New York by Paul Cesar Helleu")
.jpg "James MacNeill Whistler by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Vos Chapeux: Ladies at the Ritz, New York by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mademoiselle Alice Guerin by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-83353).jpg "Portrait of Mademoiselle Alice Guerin (detail) by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Interior View of Reims Cathedral by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_Duchess_of_Marlborough_c1901_(drypoint)_-_(MeisterDrucke-35756).jpg "Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-40196).jpg "Portrait of Marie Jeanne Gouzien by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lucette by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lucette by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-276255).jpg "An American by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-109156).jpg "Portrait of Jacqueline by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "A Statue of Venus in the Garden of Versailles by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Duchess of Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Symphony in white - Portrait of Yvonne Paulmier by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-66316).jpg "The Staircase by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Studies of Girl Life by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman, 1909 by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_Huile_sur_toile_Impress_-_(MeisterDrucke-1314249).jpg "Woman in White by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_(drypoint_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-47073).jpg "Portrait of Anna de Noailles (1876-1933) by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Girl with a Harp by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Young Woman with a Parasol on a Jetty by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Letter by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-160964).jpg "Woman Seated by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Dora Hugo and the Wife of the Artist by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Helleu, wife of the painter, in the grass by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Letter by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Daisy, Princess of Pless in the Artist")
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.jpg "The Harbour, Deauville, Normandy by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-57861).jpg "Madame Marthe Letellier Sitting on a Sofa, Holding a Fan, c.1895 by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Cowes Regatta by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_20th_century_Portrait_of_a_mother_w_-_(MeisterDrucke-993789).jpg "Maternity by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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 (drypoint on p - (MeisterDrucke-582989).jpg "Portrait of Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921) by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Artist")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jessie Margery Dunthorne by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_20th_century_Bayonne_Musee_Bonnat_-_(MeisterDrucke-993786).jpg "Madame Helleu by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-62116).jpg "Portrait of a Lady with a Fur Collar and Muff by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-285052).jpg "Elegant Lady by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Helena Rubinstein by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marthe Letellier née Fourton by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mme Helleu Reading a Letter by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Peggy Letellier by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Woman Possibly Madame Alice Hellu Looking at a Drawing, c. 1895 by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Daughter of the Marquise of Elbe by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "An Elegant Lady by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Woman Lying Face Down on a Couch by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Head of a Woman by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_20th_century_B_-_(MeisterDrucke-950770).jpg "Portrait of a woman in white by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Madeleine Carlier by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-219041).jpg "Woman Standing Leaning from Behind by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-387683).jpg "In Harbour by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady, seated by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Madame Helleu on the Yacht Etoile by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-387680).jpg "In the Port of Harfleur by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_20th_century_Bayonne_Musee_Bonnat_-_(MeisterDrucke-972034).jpg "Maternity. Drawing by Paul Helleu (1859-1927), 20th century. Bayonne, Musee Bonnat by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Dora Hugo and the Artist")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-387682).jpg "Dream by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1127531).jpg "Madame Helleu in Her Salon, c.1900 by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-75023).jpg "The Duchess of Marlborough Dozing Off at Blenheim Palace by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_Looking_at_a_Drawing_-_(MeisterDrucke-1311207).jpg "Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Auctioneers at the Edgar Degas studio sale of December 1918 by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Parisienne by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Miss Stuart Taylor on Board the Yacht Etoile by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Madame Helleu Resting by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-50483).jpg "Hydrangeas by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Madame Helleu and her Daughter at the Chateau of Boudran by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-108935).jpg "Maternity by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Perfume by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henri Rochefort by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-107273).jpg "Jeanne Hugo and Jean Charcot at Hauteville House, Guernsey by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Parisian Woman by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Helena Rubinstein by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902698).jpg "Woman with a Harp by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "The Perfume by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1128459).jpg "Marthe Letellier by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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.jpg "Madame Paris Seated on a Banquette by Paul Cesar Helleu")
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