20TH CENTURY FRENCH OIL PAINTING 'SEATED NUDE ' BY PAUL CLEMENT-BERNEDE

An expressive Mid-Century Modernist French study of a seated female nude.

Rendered in a restrained palette of soft flesh tones, blue, green and black. The elongated figure and stylised facial treatment reflect the influence of the School of Paris and post-war French Modernism. Signed lower left “Clément-Bernède” and inscribed verso “P. Clément-Bernède, 5 rue d’Assas, Paris 6e”.

Oil on canvas and presented in a simple gilt frame.

Circa: 20th Century