French School of the 19th century
This gouache watercolor depicts 3 hunting dogs resting under a tree with e bird flying over them
Charles Olivier de Penne is born in Paris
He was a student of Léon Cogniet et Charles Jacque at theEcole des Beaux ARTS in Paris , whère he won the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1857
From history painter and religious scenes he specialized in hunting landscape scenes and animal representations .
He left Paris via Barbizon
Critically acclaimed , he debuted at the Salon des Artistes in 1857 and exhibided at the Universal Exhibition in 1889
beaufiful gilded frame