Nice painting with chrysantheme by listed French portrait, flower and still life painter Charles Philipard. The artist was born in Auxerre, pupil of Lesourd de Beauregard. Worked and exhibited his fruit and flower works in Paris (Salon de Paris in 1863 - 1868).
Literature: E. Benezit , Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers (in French), Paris, Grund, 1999; Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon..", Leipzig, 1999.
Inscription: signed lower right.
Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame.
Measurements: unframed w 15" x h 21 3/4" (38,3 x 55,3 cm); framed w 22 7/8" x h 29 1/2" (58 x 75 cm).
Condition: in very good condition. |