Bouquet With Saffron Drape. Joseph Berges

Remarkable composition with a multicolored bouquet. The touch is impressionist, the central subject is slightly off-center to liven up the scene with draping in bright colors which breaks with the dark backgrounds of the 19th century.
Great mastery of the hand of a great painter rare on the market whose multiple presence in museums is eloquent.
Oil on cardboard panel in perfect condition. Old frame with original patinated gilding in beautiful condition.
Panel: 38 x 55 cm Frame: 50 x 67 cm  
Joseph Paul Louis Bergès, born May 31, 1878 in Saint-Girons (Ariège) and died March 9, 1956 in Paris 6th, is a French painter. After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, he was accepted first at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. It was in Paris that he spent his entire career, but he remained very attached to Couserans, where he often returned until his last years. A student of Eugène Cormon and Léon Bonnat, he specialized in portraits and still lifes and exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1907