Young Girl With Country Bouquet Near A Blossoming Cherry Tree. Pastel Signed And Dated 88.

Beautiful pastel representing a young girl carrying a bouquet in an orchard. Near a cherry tree in bloom, she observes two robins in the tall grass. Our artist, Son of painters Adèle Laurent Desrousseaux and Henri alphonse Laurent was born in Joinville-le-Pont (Val de Marne) in 1862 and died in 1906 in Valmondois in Seine-et-Oise. Well listed as a genre painter, student of Maignan. Figure in Bénezit, in the small masters of painting. He participated in the Paris Salon, medalist on several occasions and twice awarded at universal exhibitions. Our artist also practiced ceramics under the pseudonym of Robalbhen (Henri) The work, impressionist, is of great delicacy, refined and delicate. Our pastel is on paper mounted on canvas and in perfect condition. It is framed in a frame with a red velvet and a classic baguette. Dimension of the work alone, 52.5 cm x 38 cm. With the frame, 64.5 cm x 50 cm.