Portrait Of A Young Boy

Attractive portrait of a young boy sitting on a stone bench in the garden with trees and flowers of a villa. The painter marked his name and age on the bottom of the bench: "André at 10". It may be the son of the artist who signed his canvas at the bottom of the oval that frames the child : "M de Madruga".No information was found on this painter. The sailor's suit, the boots and the boy's long hair tell us when this portrait with a Proustian atmosphere was painted: Around 1900. The oval, mentioned above, still belongs to an aesthetic of the 1900th century. century. Its light carved wooden frame with wavelet patterns is probably original and is part of a certain Art Nouveau aesthetic. A charming and elegant painting that could have decorated a living room corner of a seaside villa. Its good state of conservation just required cleaning.