Description: Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Oil on canvas painting of a young couple reclining in the grass. Signed verso on stretcher. Painting measures 18" high x 24" wide. Frame measures 24" high x 30" wide. Strongly rooted in European Social Realism, Villain's work shows influence by Robert Henri and George Bellows, and bears a resemblance to work by his contemporaries, Moses and Raphael Soyer. Several of his pre-war works are in today's sale.