Albéric-victor Duyver (1859 - 1939) - Little Girl With A Bouquet, 1884

Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1884 lower right
Dimensions: 145 x 105 cm With frame: 172 x 134 cm

An impressionist portrait of a little girl with a bouquet dated 1884. The simplicity and reality that emanates from the painting gives a timelessness to this artwork.
The portrait is a space of representation, of staging the character.

This large full-length portrait features a smiling little girl, with a rosy complexion and lively eyes. It seems to lend itself to model play. The heavy red curtain serving as a background to the canvas as well as the floor with colored stripes evokes a performance scene.
A skilful use of colors in Duyver's work.

The velvety navy blue of her dress with the white lace collar and cuffs, the delicate little golden ear pendants, the patent shoes and the small bouquet of roses bring delicacy to the work. The luminous face of the model as well as the white embroidery of her dress stand out and stand out against the purple red of the curtain. Her rosy complexion is enhanced by the dazzling white of the lace.
Biography

Albéric-Victor Duyver, Belgian impressionist painter, studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. Influenced by French artists of the Barbizon school, he became famous for his paintings of landscapes and scenes of rural life as well as his portraits. Albéric-Victor Duyver exhibited his works in numerous national and international exhibitions, including the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900. A member of the Salon des artistes français, he received an honorable mention there in 1894. The quality and beauty of his works were rewarded. In 1903, he received the city of Ghent prize for his landscape paintings. In 1921 he was made a knight of the Order of Leopold, one of Belgium's highest civilian honors.
Bibliography
• L'Art, monthly illustrated review, volume 2, 1894, p. 141 • Bénézit, 1924, 1955, 1960, 1976
• Gaston-Louis Marchal, Patrick Wintrebert, Arras and art in the 19th century: dictionary of painters, 1987, p. 12
• René Édouard-Joseph, Biographical dictionary of contemporary artists, volume 1, AE, Art & Édition, 1930, p. 451
• Hilde Houwen, Ronny Ostyn, Albéric-Victor Duyver Retrospective, 1988
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