Kop van een peinzende dame met het hoofd op de hand gesteund
1886 · paper, pencil
height: 202 cm, width: 310 cm
Rijksmuseum
WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture
Paul César Helleu
1859
PaintingImpressionism
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
6
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Impressionism
Related Artists
No edges recorded
Influence Graph
No influence edges encoded yet.
About
Why this artist matters now
Paul César Helleu was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Époque. He also conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He was also the father of Jean Helleu and the grandfather of Jacques Helleu, both artistic directors for Parfums Chanel.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
Impressionism
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
12 in graph
Canonical record
Artworks (5)
Record
Images
Related artists
Adjacent in the graph
Oskar Kokoschka
Shared movement
Joseph De Camp
Shared movement
Federigo Zandomeneghi
Shared movement
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
Shared movement
Cornelis Vreedenburgh
Shared movement
Jean-Jacques Henner
Shared movement
Roy Lichtenstein
Also painting
Lisa Yuskavage
Also painting
Adolph Gottlieb
Also painting
Robert Ryman
Also painting
Jasper Johns
Also painting
Neo Rauch
Also painting
Record
Movements and affiliations
Record
Exhibitions and timeline
No exhibitions or timeline entries yet