Eugène Petit

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Eugène Petit (18391886) was a French flower painter and textile designer.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Eugene Petit was born in Paris in 1839.[1] He briefly taught the American painter Henry Woodbridge Parton, ca. 1875.[3]

He specialized in still life paintings of flowers and fruits, as well as sporting dogs.[1] His work has been found in museums in Carcassonne, Compiègne, Courtrai, Rouen and Saint-Etienne in France as well as The Sladmore Gallery in London.[1][2] Some of his work has been auctioned at Bonhams.[5][6] One of his hunting scenes, "On the Scent, Setters" sold at Sothebys in New York for $13,200 in 2006.[7]

Work

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Burlington Paintings
  2. 1 2 Sladmore Gallery
  3. 1 2 Lowrey, Carol (2007). A Legacy of Art Paintings and Sculptures by Artist Life Members of the National Arts Club. Hudson Hills. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-615-15499-2.
  4. Laurence Jankowski de Niewmierzycki - Le patrimoine du Sénat - 1996 Page 194 "Un second exemplaire est tissé d'avril 1885 à avril 1891, PIVOINES 1880-1882 et 1883-1886 Daprès Eugène Petit (1839-1886) Manufacture de Benuvais Escalier d'honneur "
  5. Bonhams
  6. Bonhams
  7. Sothebys Auction: Lot 126 - Eugène Petit, New York, 30 November 2006
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