Jeune fille à la coupe de fruits sous la colonnade. Original painting.
Paris, circa 1915-1925. Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Huile sur toile signée en bas à droite
92.5 x 73.5 cm.
Charlotte Schaller Mouillot was born in Bern, Switzerland and settled in Paris in 1910.
She wrote and illustrated books for children during the First World War. The first was published in 1914 by the Parisian publisher, Berger-Levrault, titled “En Guerre!” ( “At War!”), concerning Boby and his sisters who enact the first months of the War with his rocking horse and toys. The second book ”Histoire d’un brave petit soldat”, (“History of a Brave Little Soldier”) was published in 1915 by the same publisher. She illustrated other books in th e 1920s and early 1930s, all of which are rare and collectible.
Peintre, illustratrice et auteure pour la jeunesse. - Établie à Paris en 1910, expose dans divers salons,... Charlotte Schaller-Mouillot (1880-19?) : peintre, dessinatrice et auteure pour la jeunesse ; d'origine suisse, elle s'établit à Paris en 1910. Elle crée : En guerre ! (Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1914), Histoire d'un brave petit soldat (Paris, Berger-Levrault, s.d., 1915), At war ! (Edimbourg, 1917), Nos amis les animaux (Paris, collection Aux tout petits, Librairie Delagrave, 1932), Portrait de mes enfants (Paris, collection Aux tout petits, Librairie Delagrave, 1932). Item #16-3660
Price: $6,000.00