Still Life With Peaches And White Grapes, Oil On Canvas Signed By Franz Mortelmans

Franz MORTELMANS (1865-1936). Still life with peaches and white grapes, oil on canvas signed in the upper right corner and mounted in a gilded wooden frame. Dimensions: Frame: 69 x 107 cm. Subject: 60.5 x 100 cm. Frans Mortelmans (1865-1836) was born in Antwerp, Belgium, studied at the Antwerp School of Fine Arts where he became a professor. He then became a professor at the Academy of Berchem and became its director. Frans Mortelmans actively participated in the artistic societies that flourished in Flanders at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He also participated in salons and various exhibitions in Antwerp, Mechelen, Ghent and Liège. In 1903, he received official recognition in Belgium and one of his watercolors was acquired by the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In 1932, he was made a Commander of the Order of Leopold.