Lot 24019: JULES ÉMILE SAINTIN (French 1829-1894)

JULES ÉMILE SAINTIN (French 1829-1894)
Three Portraits
1. Abraham Lincoln, 1860
Graphite and gouache on card
4.25in. x 3.25in. oval
Inscribed on top: 1805 Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois President of the U.S.
Inscribed on bottom: J.E. Saintin New York 1860
2. Stephen A. Douglas, 1860
Graphite and gouache on card
5in. x 4in. oval
Inscribed on top: 1861 Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.

Inscribed on bottom: J. Emile Saintin New York 1860
3. John Brown, 1859
Graphite and gouache on brown paper
6in. x 4.75in. oval
Inscribed on top: J.E. Saintin/ New York, 1859

Inscribed on bottom: John Brown 1859
Provenance: Argosy Gallery, New York; the estate of E. Maurice Bloch; [Christies New York, June 19, 1990 lot 28]; Hirschl & Adler Gallery, New York

Jules Émile Saintin was born in Lemée, France on October 1, 1829 and attended classes at the Ecole des Beaux-arts under Michel-Martin Drolling, Achille-Jean Babtiste, and Francais Edouard Picot. Saintin made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1848 and his work was awarded medals in 1866, 1870, and 1886. Saintin worked in New York City around 1857 and he was commissioned to paint portraits of prominent citizens, including a portrait of Stephen A. Douglas, which now hangs in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. He was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1861. Saintin returned to France sometime around 1863 and he died in Paris in 1894. He was awarded the prestigious Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. His work is housed in the Corcoran Gallery of Art and in France in the Musée de Nice, Musée de Saint-Brieuc.

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