This elegant painting “Couple at the table” is painted by the famous French artist Jean Gabriel Domergue. Domergue skillfully captured a moment between the man and woman seated at a table. The lady leans seductively over the table while her table companion has a look of suspicion on his face. They are portrayed with Domergue’s signature elongated proportions and graceful contours, lending them an air of sophistication and refinement.

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889[1] – 16 November 1962[2]) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women. Born in Bordeaux in 1889, Domergue studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was only 17 years old when he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français for the first time, winning the Prix du Rome in 1911 and a gold medal in 1920.

While landscapes dominated his early oeuvre, from the 1920s he changed his focus to what would become his trademark subject, 
la belle Parisienne. His elegant and sensuous depictions of women earned him international acclaim. Domergue’s work transcended traditional boundaries, influencing fashion, advertising, and cinema. He was a master of capturing the allure and sophistication of his subjects. 
Domergue was born into a family of couturiers. This background influenced his artistic style as seen in his meticulous attention to detail and elegant portrayal of clothing in his paintings as also to be seen in this painting with the fashionable lady at the table. Domergue is credited with creating the iconic “Domergue Woman,” characterized by her slender figure, arched eyebrows, and sensuous lips. This distinctive portrayal became synonymous with his work and was widely imitated by other artists.
Throughout his career, Domergue’s work was showcased in prestigious galleries and exhibitions around the world, captivating audiences with his timeless beauty and artistic vision. From 1955 until 1962 he was the curator of the Musée Jacquemart-André, organising exhibitions of the works of Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya and others.
Domergue enjoyed a tremendously successful career and he claimed to be “the inventor of the pin-up”