François Joseph GUIGUET (1860-1937). Mother nursing her child; Shoemaker at work. Graphite drawings (sketches) on a single sheet of double-sided paper. The first signed lower right with the stamp and number "C12" lower left. Sight size: Height : 45 cm - Width : 34 cm Also by the same artist: - Portraits of children. Four graphite drawings on paper (sketches), one dated April 2, 1910. Sight size: Height : from 12 cm to 28 cm - Width : from 17 cm to 19 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.