Maxime DETHOMAS (1867-1929)

Maxime DETHOMAS (1867-1929)

Diana the Huntress, costume for an opera
Charcoal enhanced with watercolour, gouache and gold pigments
Signed lower right and titled lower left
Format (view): 31 x 23 cm
Size (frame) : 48 x 39,5 cm
Other works by Maxime Dethomas available, including a costume study for Bacchus that can be matched.
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Painter, poster artist, illustrator, then mainly decorator and costume designer for the theatre. He was appointed artistic director of the Paris Opera in 1912. He was responsible for many set and costume designs for the Théâtre des Arts, the Comédie-Française, the Opéra-Comique, the Trianon-Lyrique (La Belle de Haguenau, 1924) and the Théâtre du Châtelet.
He had a close friendship with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, whose portrait he painted several times. The best known is the one in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Other works by Maxime Dethomas can be found in the Musée de Montmartre, the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille and Marseille.