An Elegant Afternoon, Paris
An Elegant Afternoon, Paris
Charles Heberer
American, 1868 - 1951
1894
Oil on Canvas
21 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (54.6 x 39.4 cm)
A fashionably dressed young woman in white, shaded by a lace-trimmed parasol and crowned with a plumed hat, pauses to gather wildflowers in a sunlit meadow. Painted in 1894 during Heberer's Paris years, the canvas shows the dappled, high-keyed brushwork and attention to fashionable dress he absorbed at the Académie Julian, applied to the kind of outdoor genre subject favored by American Impressionists working in France at the turn of the century.
Why it matters: Heberer trained at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts before continuing his studies in Paris, where he exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1890 and 1895 — making this work a product of exactly that productive Salon period. Genre scenes of elegantly dressed women outdoors, like this one, rank among his most desirable subjects at auction, and the St. Louis roots of his training give the painting a natural resonance for regional collectors.
Charles Heberer (1868–1951)
Born in St. Louis in 1868, Charles Heberer began his artistic training at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, where the faculty included Carl Gutherz and Mary Fairchild (later Mrs. Frederick MacMonnies). Like several of his St. Louis contemporaries, Heberer went on to study in Paris, enrolling at the Académie Julian, and achieved enough early success to exhibit at the Paris Salon between 1890 and 1895. He became known primarily for genre and figure painting — fashionable young women in outdoor settings, portraits, and later in his career, sporting scenes of dogs — rendered in a lightened, Impressionist-influenced palette typical of American artists trained in France at the turn of the century. Heberer's work today is held in private collections and continues to perform well at auction, with notable results for both his figural genre scenes and animal subjects.
Why it matters: Heberer trained at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts before continuing his studies in Paris, where he exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1890 and 1895 — making this work a product of exactly that productive Salon period. Genre scenes of elegantly dressed women outdoors, like this one, rank among his most desirable subjects at auction, and the St. Louis roots of his training give the painting a natural resonance for regional collectors.
Charles Heberer (1868–1951)
Born in St. Louis in 1868, Charles Heberer began his artistic training at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, where the faculty included Carl Gutherz and Mary Fairchild (later Mrs. Frederick MacMonnies). Like several of his St. Louis contemporaries, Heberer went on to study in Paris, enrolling at the Académie Julian, and achieved enough early success to exhibit at the Paris Salon between 1890 and 1895. He became known primarily for genre and figure painting — fashionable young women in outdoor settings, portraits, and later in his career, sporting scenes of dogs — rendered in a lightened, Impressionist-influenced palette typical of American artists trained in France at the turn of the century. Heberer's work today is held in private collections and continues to perform well at auction, with notable results for both his figural genre scenes and animal subjects.
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