Description: Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Oil on board painting of a child. Signed "Pierre Villain" and dated 1934 in lower right corner. Copy of original label affixed to verso. View measures 15-1/2" high x 12-1/2" wide. Frame measures 19-1/2" high x 16-1/4" 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.