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Léon Jean Pétua

Identified under the names Léon Jean or Léon-Jean Pétua, the painter is described as a genre and portrait painter, and records state that he studied in Paris. The works that the Kunstmuseum Winterthur associates with his name include the portraits Bildnis Dr. Albert Hafner and Bildnis Mina Buff, as well as Schaustellerwagen auf der Schützenwiese.

Among the works catalogued under his name is Washing in the dappled shade, an oil painting on canvas signed “L. Pétua” and dated 1873. A sale notice describes Der Tod und das Mädchen as an oil painting on canvas, signed and dated 1880 on the reverse. Mutter und Kind im Schanzengarten is dated 1904 and described as an oil painting on cardboard; Akt im Atelier, an oil painting on canvas, bears the date 1917. Other titles listed in a sales record — Les singes amateurs, A Bacchanal, en grisaille, Partie de badminton dans un parc and La toilette du sultan — indicate the diversity of subjects associated with his work.

This profile brings together identity references for Léon Jean Pétua and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

2 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

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SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19