An elegant carriage in the countryside. c. 1880
Henry Somm
* 1844 in Rouen † 19.7 in Paris
Watercolour. Size of sheet: 22.7 x 33.7 cm.
£ 8,500. -
Somm had a successful career as an illustrator and draughtsman, contributing regularly to journals such as Le Monde Parisian, Tout-Paris and Alfred Cadart’s bi-monthly L’Illustration Nouvelle, and was active as a graphic designer, providing menus, theatre programs, invitations and announcements for the many fashionable events of the Belle Epoque Paris. Our watercolour dates around the time he received an invitation from Edgar Degas to take part in the fourth Impressionist exhibition of 1879, showing his prints alongside those of Braquemond and works by Degas, Mary Cassatt and Camille Pissarro. A fine example of the depiction of the Noblesse Française.