Henri Cauchois

Rouen 1850 - 1911 Paris

Oil on canvas.

Signed lower right "H. Cauchois".

French school of the 19th century.

Dimensions frame included.

Dimensions without the frame : 54 x 65 cm.

This painting  could be sold as a pair with the painting of the same artist n° 35.

Student of Ferdinand Duboc and Alexandre Cabanel, Henry Cauchois specialised in still life compositions. His paintings are in the national museums such as the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Rouen, Perpignan, Louviers, Musée d'Ingres in Montauban. The artist participated first time in the Salon de Paris in 1874 and exhibited his works at the Salon des artistes français in 1881, 1890, 1898, 1904 and 1908. He also participate in the Universal Exhibition in 1900.

Bibliography:

Bénézit

André Roussard, Dictionnaire des peintres à Montmartre, 1999

Gérald Schurr, Les petits maîtres de la peinture