"Still Life With Flowers And Book By Louise Darru"
Oil on canvas representing a harmonious composition of a throw of flowers in a wicker basket accompanied by an open book. Good condition of the canvas, on its original key frame Recent frame. Signed Louise DARRU lower left and dedicated to Madame Charles Le Sauvage lower right canvas, 46x 38 overall 57.5x 50 Louise Darru, painter born in Neubourg in 1840. French School. Pupil of Piette and A. Golden. She exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1864: her paintings represent flowers Extract from Benezit, dictionary of painters, volume 3