Pivoines Angelina Drumaux (1881-1959)

Angélina DRUMAUX (1881-1959)
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Dimensions: 77 x 64 cm unframed and 93 x 80 cm

Born in Bouillon in 1881 Angelina Drumaux died in 1959 in Brussel.

She studied at the Académie de Liège and soon specialized in painting gardens, flowers, landscapes and seascapes.

Angelina participated in the salons des artistes français from 1908 to1929, receiving a mention.
She was awarded the "Order of Leopold".
Numerous exhibitions in Europe and England brought her international renown.
She was one of the few female painters to make a living from her art.
Museums: Ghent, Liège, Arlon, Luxembourg
Angélina Drumaux's floral compositions are always bursting with color and freshness. her flowers are painted in full light.Very often surrounded by objects, books, tablecloths and, in the backgroundbackground, a tapestry or window catches our eye.
This harmonious bouquet of peonies in a blue vase is painted in a transparentThis harmonious bouquet of peonies in a blue vase is painted with transparency, letting the light shine through.

This painting was exhibited in 1947 at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.