"In The Garden - Large Watercolor By Francis Garat, XIXth"
Gardening atmosphere with a view of the village. Listen ! We hear the church bell and the rooster crowing ... it's nap time? Surely not for our gardener for whom the work is not lacking: after the pruning of the trees it will be necessary to think of weeding the paths and the wall! The pickings soon? Francis Garat, painter and watercolorist born in Bordeaux in 1870 (1853? According to other sources). Exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1898 and at the Salon de Bordeaux. Watercolor on paper lined on acid-free paper 57x79 cm. Good condition. Original oak frame 88x113 cm, with the original label mentioning the artist's name and the Bordeaux Exhibition of 1897, original old glass. Labels on the back.