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Lovely "oriental" semi-nude portrait image by artist Albert Collings 1868-1947), a London artist who was born, lived and worked in that city his entire life. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and exhibited primararily in England. Known for his portraits, he was quite successful, and as we see here, also exhibited some works in the Paris Salon. We read in the Wikipedia bio that he was awarded a gold medal at the Salon for a portrait in 1907. It might have been this one.
This card was published by Alfred Noyer, who, early in the century, became very involved in the Paris Salon, and publication of young and new artists' work as postcard images.
The Paris Salon was an organization promoting an annual show of art sponsored (after 1881), by the Societe des Artistes Francais. It was in 1881, in fact, that the government of France officially withdrew its longtime sponsorship of the Salon. A lot of this had to do with the birth of the impressionist movement, and the rejection of impressionist art by the more traditional artists who controlled the Salon. The origins of this shift then, actually occurred some 25 years previously, and makes for some very interesting history, but for our purposes, what is also very important is what occurred just a few years before this postcard was published.
In 1890, the Salon de Paris splintered again, this time over the desire of many within its ranks to encourage, through exhibition, young, and or, previously un-awarded artists. This shift is the reason for a tremendous number of postcard images of beautiful artwork, like "Yasmin," pictured above, by relatively unheard of artists. It is a refreshing source of little known work, accessible to us thanks, in very large part, to Alfred Noyer.
Thanks to Wikipedia, for much of our information. To read more, check out Wikipedia's article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_%28Paris%29
Card is in very nice condition. Please examine our high res scans for detail. Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, 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!
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