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Christa Zaat



Marie Elisabeth Aimée Lucas-Robiquet (French painter) 1858 – 1959
Porteuse d'Eau e Chamelier au Bord de L'Oued (Water Carrier and Camel-Driver along the Wadi). s.d.
oil on canvas
54 x 65 cm. (21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.)
signed lower right M. Lucas-Robiquet
private collection

Marie Elisabeth Aimée Lucas-Robiquet was a French Orientalist artist who worked within the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français. Lucas-Robiquet was recognized for her paintings of African and Algerian subjects. The 1897 edition of Parisian Illustrated Review cites her outdoor studies for a "wise tendency toward reasonable impressionism" by "an artist of the highest order."
Works by Lucas-Robiquet have sold well in the past few years. In the early 21st century, Christie's house sold, at public auction, two of her paintings in the $13,000 to 18,000 range. Another work, Portrait of a boy on a beach, was offered in the $30,000 to $50,000 range by Christie's.. Yet another work, Tahedat filant, earned $141,033, far above the auctioneer's estimate, although that was at the height of the market in 2008, before the world-wide recession hit the market for fine art very hard. Several of her Salon paintings were also exhibited recently by Milmo-Penny Fine Art for private sale.