Jean Colin (1881-1961): Lady posing on a sofa in an interior, oil on panel

Work: 54 x 39 cm

Frame: 60 x 45 cm

Jean Baptiste Leopold Colin was a Belgian painter most known for his portraits, nudes, and still lifes. From the age of twelve to twenty-four, he followed art education at the drawing school of Anderlecht. In 1905, Colin enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he was taught by the painter Isidore Verheyden (1846-1905), one of the great masters of the 19th C. Colin, winner of the famous Prix de Rome in 1910, had his workshop in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, one of the municipalities in the greater Brussels area (link).