DELPHIN ENJOLRAS (1857-1945) Reclining nude

signed 'D. Enjorlas' (lower left) pastel on board 49.8 x 73 cm Delphin Enjolras was a French academic painter. Enjolras painted mainly landscapes in his early career; later it became evident that his love was for painting women. He changed genres, focusing mainly on the portraiture of elegant young women by either lamplight or black lighting. He would become an excellent painter of nudes, and many of his later works are of an erotic and sensual nature.