EMILE EISMAN-SEMENOWSKY (POLISH-FRENCH 1857-1911) Portrait of a Young Beauty 1883 oil on panel 32.5 x 25.5 cm (12 3/4 x 10 in.) framed dimensions: 62 x 56 cm (24 3/8 x 22 in.) signed and dated lower center LOT NOTES Born in Poland to a Jewish family, Emile Eisman-Semenowsky later emigrated to Paris, where he lived and worked from the 1880s onwards. At the beginning of his stay in Paris, he worked as the assistant of the Belgian artist Jan van Beers. Eisman-Semenowsky was celebrated for his portraits of women, which were fervently collected by the Parisian bourgeoisie.