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The French painter Léon Félix Georges Bonhomme (1870–1924) trained with Jean-Jacques Henner at the École des beaux-arts in Paris, then attended Gustave Moreau’s studio, where he formed a friendship with Georges Rouault. Born in Saint-Denis on 9 October 1870, he died in Paris on 28 August 1924. He also taught drawing at the school on rue du Corbillon in Saint-Denis and received an honourable mention at the Salon des artistes français in 1897.
For the monumental staircase of the new town hall in Saint-Denis, Bonhomme created three allegorical frescoes: La Pensée émancipatrice de l’homme, La Bienfaisance and Le Travail. The works mentioned include Nu de profil au boa (1904), Femme nue debout (1909) at the Musée de Béziers, and Femme à l’éventail (1922). His work also includes pastiche: in particular, he pastiches the painting Les Filles de Rouault and several artists, from Francisco de Goya to the Impressionists.
This profile brings together identity references for Léon Félix Georges Bonhomme and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
2 references are documented at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Watercolour on paper
Nu féminin, 1919
aquarelle sur papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-19
Published result : 517 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Watercolour
Femme assise avec cigarette.
Aquarell
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
