"Pierre Auguste Pichon (1805-1900) Student Of Ingres, Still Life With Fruit, 19th Century"
Oil on canvas in a wooden frame and stucco gilded with gold leaf. Mid-19th century.Old restorations, pieces on the back.
The painting is in good condition as well as the frame.
Inscriptions (signature) on the back: Auguste Pichon (the frame partially hides the name).
Magnificent still life of great quality where we feel the influence of his master Ingres.
The colors are vibrant, the peaches are like velvet!
The frame is much more beautiful in real life, the gilding is shiny and luminous which is not visible in the photos.
Dimensions
Canvas: 77 x 66 cm
With frame: 92 x 81 cm
Pierre Auguste Pichon (1805-1900) French. 19th century.
Painter of history, portraits, flowers, religious subjects, landscapes.
He was a student of Ingres. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1835.
He won several medals between 1843 and 1846.
He was promoted to knight of the Legion of Honor in 1861.
Museums: Montauban: Gatteaux, member of the institute - Landscape -
Orléans: Joan of Arc - Saint-Lô: Doctor Blanchet.
Painter referenced on Artprice, in the Bénézit and in the book "Dictionary of Little Masters of Painting".
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