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Violette Reading, 1934: The Artist's Wife, Interior Scene, Graphite and Watercolour Painting on Paper
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Violette Reading, 1934: The Artist's Wife, Interior Scene, Graphite and Watercolour Painting on Paper

1920 - 1940
Sold 8 April 2025 · Skippings Fine Arts
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A glimpse of domesticity: in this interior scene by Raymond Woog (1875-1945) we see the artist's wife, Violette, relaxing in a chair with her newspaper. This lovely work certainly sketched from life in graphite and subsequently heightened with watercolour. It comes from the collection of Christophe Woog, the son of the artist..

Raymond Woog had studied with Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts. He quickly gained recognition as a draughtsman and painter. In 1903, he was one of the exhibitors at the very first Salon d'Automne. He exhibited at the mythical Galerie Georges Petit, one of the main promoters of impressionist painters, from 1913. Serving in the Army during World War I, her spent six months in Flanders. Upon being promoted to Lieutenant, he was posted as an attaché to the British Army. His sketches of English and French soldiers were published in 1916, as 32 plates in a canvas portfolio. In the 1920s, Woog exhibited his art at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery in New York.

Our mixed media on paper measures 26 x 20 cm and is monogrammed and dated at the lower left. The overall framed size is 43 x 38 cm.

Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Vintage Interior Watercolour Painting to the 1930s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
26cm (10.24")
Width
20cm (7.87")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Reference Numbers
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SA1123993
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A glimpse of domesticity: in this interior scene by Raymond Woog (1875-1945) we see the artist's wife, Violette, relaxing in a chair with her newspaper.
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This lovely work certainly sketched from life in graphite and subsequently heightened with watercolour.
Skippings Fine Arts

It comes from the collection of Christophe Woog, the son of the artist..

fig 1. An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop.
fig 1. Violette Reading, 1934: The Artist's Wife, Interior Scene, Graphite and Watercolour Painting on Paper

Raymond Woog had studied with Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts. He quickly gained recognition as a draughtsman and painter. In 1903, he was one of the exhibitors at the very first Salon d'Automne. He exhibited at the mythical Galerie Georges Petit, one of the main promoters of impressionist painters, from 1913. Serving in the Army during World War I, her spent six months in Flanders. Upon being promoted to Lieutenant, he was posted as an attaché to the British Army. His sketches of English and French soldiers were published in 1916, as 32 plates in a canvas portfolio. In the 1920s, Woog exhibited his art at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery in New York.

Our mixed media on paper measures 26 x 20 cm and is monogrammed and dated at the lower left. The overall framed size is 43 x 38 cm.

Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Vintage Interior Watercolour Painting to the 1930s.

Height
26cm (10.24")
Width
20cm (7.87")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Reference Numbers
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SA1123993
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Archive I An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Violette Reading, 1934: The Artist's Wife, Interior Scene, Graphite and Watercolour Painting on Paper

Archive II An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop. View II
Archive III An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop. View III
Archive IV An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop. View IV
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An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop.
Violette reading, 1934: the artist's wife, interior scene, graphite and watercolour painting on paper
Ref: SA1123993
An expressive graphite and watercolour painting on paper depicting a figure reading inside a room with a bookshelf backdrop.
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  • ObjectPaintings
  • Period1920 - 1940
  • StyleMid-Century Modern
  • MaterialPaper, Graphite, Watercolour
  • ColourMulti-coloured
  • MotifsFigurative study, Expressive linework, Domestic interior
  • SizeH 26 cm (10 in) x W 20 cm (8 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)

Artists during the early 20th century frequently combined graphite and watercolour for quick interior studies, capturing domestic moments with immediacy and expressive linework.

These pieces typically utilise wood-pulp or cotton rag paper, compressed graphite pencils, and water-soluble pigment washes applied with fine-haired brushes.

Authenticity is assessed through paper ageing characteristics, ink or graphite oxidation under magnification, watermark analysis, and artist signatures or period-correct monograms.

Mounting the piece in a neutral, acid-free window mat with a slim minimalist frame allows the historic character of the paper and pigment to stand out against contemporary walls.

Paper artworks must be displayed away from direct sunlight using UV-filtering glass, maintaining stable humidity levels and cool temperatures to prevent fading and paper degradation.
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