Hst Table Emile Lévy Women Children Garden Statue Picker Berries Nineteenth

Oil on canvas signed Emile Lévy* representing a bucolic view of three women (including a berry picker) and children surrounding a pretty antique statue in a wooded garden, from the 19th century. This painting is in good condition. Signed lower right. A note: some small accidents on the canvas (see red arrows: at the top under the golden band, at the wrist of a woman, in a dress), wear of time, see photos. * Émile Lévy (1826-1890) was a French painter and illustrator. Son of Samuel Lévy, an accountant, and Rachel Horwitz, Émile Lévy was a student of François-Édouard Picot and Abel de Pujol at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. He obtained a third first prize of Rome in painting in 1854 on the theme Abraham washing the feet of the three angels. He was a resident of the Villa Medici in Rome from 1855 to 1857. He was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by decree of June 29, 1867. His wife, Céline-Joséphine Bidard de La Noë, of whom he painted a portrait in verte, has written several novels and short stories under the pseudonym of Paria Korigan. In 1886, he was a member of the jury for the Watercolor and Pastel section of the second International Exhibition of White and Black in Paris. The Musée d'Orsay has several works by him. Artist highly rated on ArtPrice. Dimensions Oil 42 cm x 53 cm Golden band width (original): 3-4cm Reference: 900 613 All photos are on: www.antiques-delaval.com