The Peonies. Marcel De Chollet. (1855-1924).

Magnificent canvas depicting a bouquet of peonies. Great delicacy of colors. The canvas is attributable to Marcel De Chollet. He was born in 1855 in Geneva or Morges and died in 1924. Painter of still lifes, watercolorist, decorator. De Chollet received his artistic education from De Borchgrave and Bidan and also followed the advice of P.-V. Galland, at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. He was still exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, in Paris, in 1923. Among his most important works, we must mention his decorations for the Louvre stores, as well as those of the Terminus café, in Paris. In Geneva, he decorated the theater and in Lausanne, the large courtroom of the federal courthouse on Mont-Benon. Let us also mention, in Bern, the paintings of the former federal palace and in Territet, the decoration of the ballroom of the Grand Hotel des Alpes. His works can be found in the museums of Fribourg, Geneva and Lausanne. The canvas is in good condition, I would just like to point out a very small dent with a tiny drop in material. Original frame in gilded stucco. Canvas only, 73cm x 50.5 cm With the frame, 85 cm x 61.5 cm.