Henri Lebasque (French, 1865-1937): Jeune Fille Lisant et Vase de Fleurs, c.1915 (Oil on canvas) - Hailed as the painter of “joy and light” by the critics and curators of the Louvre during his lifetime, Lebasque’s primary concern was the simple expression of sensuous surface. Lebasque began his studies with Bonnat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Within a short time however he renounced the strictures of this formal training and joined Bonnard and others at the Le Barc de Boutteville…