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Rosset-granger (1853-1934) - The Reading Lady - Oil
Edouard ROSSET-GRANGER (1853-1934)
The Reading Lady
Oil on wood panel signed top left
Framed (some missing gilded wood frame)
Exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in 1907 under the reference 1034, then at the Salon de Genève in 1908 under the number 15 (label still present on the back).
Format (panel): 43 x 37.5 cm
Size (frame): 57.5 x 52.5 cm
The last painting to pass through the auction room, depicting a bride, officially titled "Au pied de l'autel", also exhibited at the 1907 Salon des Beaux-Arts (number 1031), fetched 6500 euros.
Pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Édouard Dubufe and Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris.
He exhibited mythological subjects and genre paintings at the Salon des artistes français from 1878, then at the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts.
Prizes awarded to Edouard Rosset-Granger:
- Gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris 1900 for "Les Aciéries de Longwy" (Decorative Arts Section).
- Silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris 1889 for "Les Hiérodules" (Painting Section).
- Bronze medal (3rd class) at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français in Paris in 1884 for "Orphée".
The Reading Lady
Oil on wood panel signed top left
Framed (some missing gilded wood frame)
Exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in 1907 under the reference 1034, then at the Salon de Genève in 1908 under the number 15 (label still present on the back).
Format (panel): 43 x 37.5 cm
Size (frame): 57.5 x 52.5 cm
The last painting to pass through the auction room, depicting a bride, officially titled "Au pied de l'autel", also exhibited at the 1907 Salon des Beaux-Arts (number 1031), fetched 6500 euros.
Pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Édouard Dubufe and Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris.
He exhibited mythological subjects and genre paintings at the Salon des artistes français from 1878, then at the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts.
Prizes awarded to Edouard Rosset-Granger:
- Gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris 1900 for "Les Aciéries de Longwy" (Decorative Arts Section).
- Silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris 1889 for "Les Hiérodules" (Painting Section).
- Bronze medal (3rd class) at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français in Paris in 1884 for "Orphée".
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