Pierre Bonnaud (Lyon 1865-1930), painter... - Lot 225 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Pierre Bonnaud (Lyon 1865-1930), painter from Lyon, pupil of Poncet at the Ecole des Beaux-arts de Lyon, then in Paris of Gustave Moreau, J. P. Laurens, Bonnat and Gérôme. - 3 L.A.S. illustrated to his sister, 12 pp. in-12 and in-8. Toulon, 1887 and s.l.n.d. Charming and amusing childhood correspondence illustrated with 11 pencil drawings, evoking his life as an artist. "I am only running after the workshops to find a suitable one from Montmartre to Vaugirard and the Latin Quarter. I had found a very chic one and not very expensive compared to the others, but I didn't have enough to pay my term in advance and it went right past my nose []. Only I am seen in the streets with my nose up and looking at the top of the doors []" (illustrated with a self-portrait in front of a "workshop for rent" sign), etc. - Photographic portrait of Pierre Bonnaud by Bellingard in Lyon (business card size), 19th century. - A series of 5 charming pencil drawings, 9 x 6 cm: elegant and dandy. - A series of 7 very pretty pen-drawn menus, illustrated with different characters. Lyon 16 June 1895. 15 x 9.5 cm. Gilded slices. A lithographed menu signed "P.B." is attached. (in 7 copies), Lyon December 9, 1905. - 7 sheets of fine pen drawings, extracted from a notebook. 25 x 18 cm. - some personal documents. We enclose, from the same provenance, but without guarantee, a set of 10 oils (1 on canvas and 9 on cardboard), 24 x 33 cm on average.