Delphin Enjolras (Coucouron, 1857 - Toulouse, 1945) was a French academic painter. He is best known for his intimate portraits of young women performing mundane activities such as reading or sewing, often by illuminated by lamplight. Enjolras painted mainly landscapes in his early career; later it became evident that his love was for painting women.[3] 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.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 73 cm]