A young woman holding a glass of wine, A .DELECLUSE Paris 1885

Oil on canvas depicting a young woman carrying a cup of von in her right hand, and a ewer in her left, posing on her knees. She is dressed in a pretty costume that one might think is Italian. Signed top right A.DELECLUSE, dated 1885, located in Paris.

Auguste Joseph DELECLUSE, Roubaix 1855- Paris 1928, French painter, founder of the Academy that bore his name in 1884, which particularly favored female painters. He was a student of Carolus-Duran, Paul-Louis Delance and Jean-Joseph Weerts. Salon of French artists in 1880, Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts in 1890.Good condition, very beautiful frame with gold leaf. Original canvas and chassis. 100×120 with the frame.

The Académie Delécluse is a former French school of art founded in Paris in the 1880s by the painter Auguste Joseph Delécluse. Both male and female students were admitted, with a greater emphasis on women.

This Parisian academy was founded by the French painter Auguste Joseph Delécluse (1855-1928) and appears to have been in operation from 1884 or 1888. Initially established in a basement with few students, word of mouth had an effect among the students, and in order to accommodate more of them, the establishment moved several times before establishing a permanent location in Montparnasse at 84, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs.

Like the Académie Julian, the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Vitti, it accepted female students. Men and women are trained separately in two studios for women and one for men . The academy is particularly popular among English and American artists. At its peak, it is one of the four most famous studios in Paris , but its influence and academic level decline at the beginning of the 20th  century.