Alfred Arthur Brunel De Neuville Still Life With Peaches Pears And Grapes Oil On Canvas

Alfred Arthur Brunel De Neuville Still Life With Peaches Pears And Grapes Oil On Canvas circa 1890-1900

A decorative oil on canvas in an antique gilded carved wood frame, depicting a Nature Morte with peaches, pears, and grapes.
Our painting by Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville is signed lower right, probably circa 1890-1900.

Sizes unframed: H 21.25 Inches - W 25.98 Inches.
Sizes with frame: H 32.28 Inches - W 27.95 Inches.

In fine condition.

Biography:

Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville (1852 - 1941) was a French painter.

Having received fairly basic artistic training from his father, he became famous between the ages of 20 and 30 as an animal artist of the Paris School, focusing on domestic cats and later still lifes, such as fruit and flowers.

He exhibited his work at the Société des Artistes Français in 1879 and was elected a member in 1907. Throughout his life, De-Neuville worked hard to improve his skills, and his later paintings were more complex than his earlier works.
Dogs and cats became popular as the subjects of a sentimentalist, realist genre at which de Neuville excelled. Although his style is overall realistic, some of the cat paintings have just a touch of impressionism in tone. Certainly, cats are not depicted as a natural subject in a strict realist manner. Many of his still lifes have a very French bucolic charm.
Alfred Brunel de Neuville died in 1941 and is buried in the Montmartre cemetery in Paris.

Museums:

His works can be seen in museums in Béziers, Brest, Château-Thierry, and Louviers.