Jules Frederic Ballavoine (1855-1901)
[Jules Ballavoine, J. Ballavoine]

Pupil of:

Pils

Jules Frederic Ballavoine, who is a Parisian by birth, and has had his share of Salon honors, is a pupil of Pils, who was the master of so many French artists of the foremost talent. His "Lassitude" is a model in its department of his art.

"Fragility" is one of a series of decorative panels painted by J.F. Ballavoine for the boudoir of a Paris mansion. The subject is a fair social enchantress who, after a great ball, has disrobed and casts herself wearily on her couch, and in doing so has broken the pearl ornaments she wears in her hair. A natural idea might suggest itself to a possibly cynical observer that the jewel was not the only fragile object in the picture.

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MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE.

Vol. XIV.   March 1896.   No. 6.   p.648
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