ALBERT GUILLAUME ( 1873 – 1942 )

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ALBERT GUILLAUME ( 1873 – 1942 )
A superb large signed oil on panel by the French belle epoque painter Albert Guillaume. This superb work depicts a woman admiring a dress in one of the windows of a Parisian department store whilst a man with a billboard walks past holding a sign saying “La Super Folie”…. meaning its really unreasonable – which relates to the woman’s aspiration for the dress. A very beautiful and humorous work by this much-admired painter. The painting is in excellent condition and ready to hang.

Title: “La Super Folie”

Signature: Signed lower right

Medium: Oil on panel

Provenance: Private French collection

Size: c. 16 x 13 inches unframed / 22 x 19 inches framed

Condition: Very good condition – ready to hang

Albert Guillaume was the son of the architect Edmond Guillaume and brother of Henri Guillaume (also an architect). He was a pupil of Jean Léon Gérôme and exhibited in Paris with the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Humoristes. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. Guillaume illustrated a number of works by Willy and Courteline, and published a number of albums including Little Women ( Petites Femmes) (1891), Faut voir (1894), Étoile de Mer (1895), R’vue de fin d’année (1900), Mon sursis (1901). He also produced a number of children’s picture books, including Mealtimes through the Ages ( Le Repas à travers les âges) (Editions Delagrave, 1890), Strehly’s Manual of Physical Exercise ( Manuel des exercices physiques) (1890), Xanroff’s Love and Life ( Amour et la vie) (Editions Flammarion, 1894), Germain’s Théâtreuses (1895), and The 8.47am Train ( Train de 8 h 47) (Editions Flammarion, 1896). Guillaume contributed drawings to the following reviews: La Caricature, Le Courrier français, Figaro illustré, Graphic, Le Journal, Le Matin, Le Monde illustré, Le Rire, Tatler. His own publication, L’Almanach Guillaume, appeared for over 20 years.
Auction Records

Paris, 6 June 1923: During the Interval, FRF 1,000
Paris, 21 Dec 1925: Aboard the Omnibus, FRF 2,100
Paris, 12 June 1926: An Urgent Repair, FRF 2,000
Paris, 26 Jan 1929: In the First-Class Carriage, FRF 920
Paris, 9 Dec 1931: Between Amateurs (watercolour) FRF 185
Paris, 9 March 1939: The Morning after the Presentation (pen drawing) FRF 70
Paris, 13 March 1942: The Corset, FRF 5,100
Paris, 24 March 1943: In Montmartre, FRF 9,500
Paris, 21 May 1943: On the Beach (watercolour) FRF 1,750
Paris, 12 May 1944: Premières Épreuves, FRF 11,500
Paris, 24 May 1944: The Masterpiece, FRF 15,500
Paris, 27 April 1945: Woman at her Toilette, FRF 1,280
Paris, 15 June 1945: Memory of 1914-1918: A French Soldier and Two Alsatian Women, FRF 2,100
Paris, Oct 1945-July 1946: The Lodge, FRF 1,900; Fruits of the Cult (drawing) FRF 2,100
Paris, 2 July 1971: In the Wood: Apprenticeship, FRF 5,650
Versailles, 3 Dec 1972: Young Woman Dressing, FRF 8,000
Paris, 7 Nov 1977: Art Lovers (oil on panel, 24½ × 20½ ins/62 × 52 cm) FRF 9,100
Versailles, 4 Oct 1981: Young Lady of Fashion at the Photographers (oil on panel, 16¼ × 13 ins/41 × 33 cm) FRF 10,100
Paris, 23 Nov 1983: Cross Words (oil on panel, 20¾ × 25½ ins/53 × 65 cm) FRF 33,000
Bayeux, 14 July 1987: Charmed, or Musicians in a Paris Café (1907, oil on panel, 25½ × 22 ins/65 × 56 cm) FRF 129,000
Rheims, 25 Oct 1987: A Cry from the Heart (pen and watercolour, 11 × 9 ins/28 × 22 cm) FRF 1,100
Paris, 24 April 1988: Confidences (oil on panel, 14¼ × 10½ ins/36 × 26.5 cm) FRF 8,200
Calais, 3 July 1988: Confidence (oil on panel, 14¼ × 10¼ ins/36 × 26 cm) FRF 25,000
Paris, 20 Feb 1989: Poor Hygiene (watercolour, 10½ × 7¾ ins/26.5 × 20 cm) FRF 3,500
Paris, 29 Nov 1989: At the Louvre (oil on panel, 15¾ × 12½ ins/40 × 32 cm) FRF 122,000
Paris, 18 Dec 1989: At Ma