Description: Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Oil on board painting of a young girl in a yellow dress. Signed "P. Villain" on verso. Painting measures 16-1/8" high x 13" wide. Frame measures 20" high x 17" 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.