Delphin Enjolras (Coucouron, May 13, 1865 - Toulouse, 1945) was a French academic painter. Enjolras painted mainly landscapes in his early career; later it became evident that his love was for painting women. He changed genres, focusing mainly on the portraiture of elegant young women by either lamplight or black lighting. He would become an excellent painter of nudes, and many of his later works, such as "La Sieste" are of an erotic and sensual nature.
[Sold for £17,500 at Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm]