Art Deco Masked Nude by Victor Regnart

A  nude with masque from the Art Deco Era by Victor Regnant.  Suggestive and alluring, the subject of this painting “Femme Nue au Masque” is made more interesting by the fact that we see only the glimpse of her smile, with eyes hidden by the masque and even her face barely rendered  while every detail of her body is delineated.

The piece is rendered in oil on wooden panel and is beautifully framed and gilded. There is a  signature in the upper left corner as well as the reverse.

Coming from a family of painters, he began to create art pieces at the age of 12  and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Mons from 1900-1907 and continued advanced studies at the Academie Royale de Baeux Arts in Brussels and then the Academy of Art in Antwerp. A description of his work describes “hundreds of paintings and engravings which show an exceptional gift of observation and wonder, allied with a perfect palette and a mastery of  print techniques ”