"Eugene PETIT (1838 - 1886) - Flowers in a glass vase."
Oil on canvas signed at the bottom right
Dimensions : 35 x 24.5 cm
With frame: 52.5 x 42.5 cm
XIXth frame gilded with gold leaf.
A painter delivers us a charming bouquet of peonies with a removed and free touch.
Eugène Petit, French painter, born in Paris is the student of Edouard Müller and Dieterle. He mainly paints still lifes, flowers and fruits.
He exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon of 1863.
He is celebrated for his paintings of flowers.
Bibliography :
• E Bénézit, Dictionary of painters, sculptors, draftsmen and engravers,
• Elisabeth Hardouin- Fugier, The flower painters in France from Redouté to Redon
• Elisabeth Hardoin-Fugier, The still life painters in France in the nineteenth century.
Museum :
• In France: Carcassonne, Compiègne, Kortrijk, Rouen, Saint-Etienne,
• Internationally: London