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Country Homes Antiques Scotland est; 1985
Eugene Petit Still life Oil on Board.
A superb painting by Eugene Petit renowned for his flowers paintings. (1839-1886)
Condition; Very good
Size; 24x19cm.
Eugene Petit was born in Paris in 1839.[1] He briefly taught the American painter Henry Woodbridge Parton, ca. 1875.[3]
He specialized in still life paintings of flowers and fruits, as well as sporting dogs.[1] His work has been found in museums in Carcassonne, Compiègne, Courtrai, Rouen and Saint-Etienne in France as well as The Sladmore Gallery in London.[1][2] Some of his work has been auctioned at Bonhams.[5][6] One of his hunting scenes, “On the Scent, Setters” sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $13,200 in 2006.[7]
HVMC – Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
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Description: Nature morte au vase de fleurs et aux pommes, 1878