François Joseph GUIGUET (1860-1937). Mother and young child reading. Graphite drawing on blue paper, signed upper right. Height 30.5 cm - Width 27 cm A label on the back "François Guiguet, part de succession de Louis Moine son neveu - représenté ici apparemment à lire". Framed between two glasses (crack). Also by the same artist: - Woman sewing with her daughter (sketch). Graphite drawing on paper (sketch) dated "August 29, 1912" lower right. Sight size: Height 17.5 cm - Width: 23 cm Provenance: Collection of the artist's great-grandniece. François GUIGUET studied drawing as a child with the painter Auguste RAVIER (1814-1895). He entered the Ecole des Beaux-arts de Lyon in 1879, where he was admitted to the studio of Michel DUMAS (1812-1885), a former pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES (1780-1867), and perfected his drawing skills and classical compositional subjects. In 1882, he won the Prix de Paris, enabling him to continue his studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. From 1889 onwards, he lived at 13 rue Ravignan, the future site of the Bateau-Lavoir, until 1905, where he made friends with Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898) and Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917). He was recognized and appreciated for the quality of his portraits, which he completed only after numerous preparatory studies and posing sessions. Specializing in scenes of daily life, he also painted landscapes and still lifes to a lesser extent.