LUCIEN LANTIER (1879 - 1960) Portrait of a Woman

signed 'Lucien Lantier' (lower left) oil on panel 58 x 44 cm Lucien LANTIER, a talented genre painter born to French parents in Odessa, Ukraine, studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1889. He worked between Paris and Odessa, exhibited in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and was introduced to Tsar Nicolas II's court by Prince Felix Youssoupof, where he painted numerous portraits. During WWI, Lantier fought for the French army and later depicted his youth in Bessarabia and Russia.