Edouard Gelhay (1856-1939) Bilboquet Games, Provenance Sarah Bernhardt

Oil on wood framed by a wooden frame gilded with fine gold.
End of the 19th century.
It is in very good condition.
Very beautiful still life worked in a chiaroscuro where the frame illuminates the scene.

Dimensions:
Painting: 56 x 45 cm
With frame: 68 x 56 cm

Edouard Gelhay (1856-1939) French. 19th-20th centuries.
Painter of genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, Post-Impressionist
Student of Cabanel, Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury.
He exhibited, from 1878 at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, winning numerous awards.
Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Museums: Arras: At the examining magistrate's - Le repos - Lille: Un bibliophile -
La Rochelle: Solitude - Tourcoing: Promenade matinale

Painter referenced on Artprice, in the Bénézit and also in Les Petits Maîtres de la peinture.

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