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Adolphe La Lyre (1848-1933) was a French painter of the Academic school, who graduated first in his class from the famous l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1875. Beginning the following year, in 1876, Monsieur La Lyre exhibited at the Salon de Paris. He also exhibited there each and every year, for more than 50 years, through 1929.
He specialized in nudes, and in fact painted so many buxom beauties, that he became known as "de peintre des sirenes," or "the painter of sirens." Apparently he was successful too, winning medals at not one, but two Salon exhibitions, and also accepted his nickname with good humor, calling a fine villa he had built for himself the "Chateau des Sirenes" :) Our fourth listing image, that we got from Wikipedia France, is of a self portrait. Not for sale, of course. Thanks Wikipedia!
Omphale was exhibited at the 1904 Salon de Paris, almost 30 years after his first exhibition there. There is a design, obviously intentional, on her belly. Not certain if this is some kind of an artist's mark (which we doubt, since he clearly signed the painting), or if it figures into the myths surrounding the character. The Omphale of ancient days, though never elevated to the status of goddess, was sometimes called the daughter of a river god. She was also the queen of Lydia, and for a time, the mistress of Heracles (Greek version of the Roman Hercules).
A very nice salon card, but with more than usually apparent diagonal markings at the corners from storage in an old fashioned album.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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