Pierre Carrier-Belleuse - The dancers

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1851-1932) - The dancers, 1896 (Pastel) - - Pierre Carrier-Belleuse was the son of the sculptor, Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. He studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre-Victor Galland at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and first exhibited work at the Paris Salon in 1875. Carrier-Belleuse also exhibited works at the Society of French Artists (1888) and the National Society of Fine Arts (1893-1911). By 1885 Carrier-Belleuse began to work exclusively in pastels. He was awarded a Silver Medal in the Exhibition Universelle of 1889. (NegyArt Gallery) - szingy