Acrylic Paint

Energy-filled acrylic painting of a tense moment between a matador with a red muleta and an angry bull by Colette Pope Heldner. Hung in a brown wooden frame.

Colette Pope Heldner (1902-1990) was married to the noted Swedish-born artist Knute Heldner (1877-1952). She had been established in Duluth, Minnesota, before they settled in New Orleans in 1923, residing on St Peters Street in the French Quarter (Vieux Carre). She was known for her impressionist style, painting scenes of the city's picturesque courtyards and favorite haunts of the local artists and musicians, plus darker atmospheric landscapes of the surrounding southern countryside.

H 38 in. x W 32.5 in. x D 1.5 in.

H 29.5 in. x W 23.5 in.