Raimond Lecourt (1882–1946)
Study of a Horse's Head

Oil on canvas mounted on panel,
28 x 24 cm

Signed and dated 1909 lower left

Provenance:
Private Collection

Raimond Lecourt, a painter from Le Havre trained in the academic tradition, stands as a significant figure in early 20th-century French art. A pupil of Charles Lhuillier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre, he quickly developed a passion for animal subjects and genre scenes, influenced by the pictorial naturalism of his time.

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