Frantz Charlet (1862-1928). "young Girl From The Isle Of Marken". Late 19th Century.

Original frame in gilded wood (usual wear). Frame dimensions: 100 x 68 cm.
Dimensions of the watercolor: 92 x 60 cm. Watercolor mounted on canvas and mounted on original stretcher.
Label of the framer in Brussels avenue Louise (N. Lembrée). A few light halos at the bottom of the dress.
Frantz Charlet (Brussels 1862 - Paris 1928).
Painter and watercolorist, Franz Charlet has a predilection for landscapes, seascapes, genre scenes and portraits. He is the brother of Émile Charlet. Franz Charlet trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he studied with Jean-François Portaels. He then perfected his skills in Paris with Gérôme, Carolus Duran and Jules Lefèbvre. In 1883, he was one of the founding members of the Groupe des XX. Friend of Théo Van Rysselberghe, Constantin Meunier, Dario De Regoyos and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. He visited with them Morocco, Spain, the island of Marken and Volendam. He is one of the first in Belgium to seek in his landscapes and seascapes a clearer and more lively color and a freer touch, full of verve, thus approaching the French Impressionists. In 1887, Franz Charlet saw Paul Signac and allowed himself to be seduced for a time by Divisionism. In 1906, alongside Fernand Khnopff, Henri Stacquet and Henri Cassiers, he founded the International Society of Water Painting. He ended his career in Paris and, evolving towards luminism, painted tender and fragile views of the metropolis and very sketched horse scenes.
Works in the Museums of Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp.