Description: Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Oil on canvas painting of a young woman with short dark hair. Painting measures 16" high 13" wide. Frame measures 20" high x 16-3/4" wide. Signed at top right. 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.