Description: Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Oil on canvas painting of a young woman in a red beret. Painting measures 21-5/8" high x 18" wide. Frame measures 24-1/4" high x 20-3/4" wide. Signed at lower 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.