Lot 473: Albert Aublet (French, 1851-1938) Portrait of

Albert Aublet (French, 1851-1938) Portrait of Mademoiselle Rickert signed upper right "A Mlle Rickert, hommage amical, Albert Aublet, 1895" charcoal on buff paper 40 x 28cm Albert Aublet was the only protégé and pupil of Claude Monet. Aublet was born in January 1851 and completed his artistic training under the history and genre painter Claude Jacquand (1804-1878) between 1870 and 1874. Well-known for his lovely portraits, he bridged the gap between Impressionism and traditional realism. He was also a sculptor, exhibiting busts at La Nationale and Les Artistes Francaises between 1910 and 1936. He exhibited paintings also regularly at these two institutions, from 1890 to 1914 at the former, and 1920 to 1937 at the latter. He was awarded a Gold Medal at the Universal Exhibition in 1889 and the Legion of Honour in1890. Amsterdam, London and Madrid also bestowed Gold medals on him and he received Silver Medals from Munich and Nice.