Louis Edouard Joseph Braquaval (1854-1919)
Artist Name | Louis Edouard Joseph Braquaval (1854-1919) |
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Title | Town Hall Dunkirk |
Description | This lovely oil painting is by French noted artist Louis Braquaval and is signed in a monogram. This French Impressionist oil on panel painting circa 1900 is of the picturesque town square of Dunkirk. Flanked by beautiful multi coloured architecture the square boasts a statue as its middle focal point. A lovely panting of a historically significant town. Signed with initials in monogram. |
Provenance | London Kaplan Gallery c. 1959. The Canon Gallery, from which it was purchased by previous owner March 2003. |
Medium | Oil on Panel |
Size | 18 x 14 inches |
Frame | Housed in a complementary frame, 24 inches by 20 inches and in good condition. |
Condition | Good condition. |
Biography | Louis Édouard Joseph Braquaval (1854 -1919) was a French landscape and cityscape painter. He was born into a family of wealthy industrialists and later married into another wealthy family. Originally, he established himself as an auctioneer, but his artistic sensibilities soon proved to be greater than his business sense. Thanks to the support of his father-in-law, he was able to pursue his interest in art and study with Eugène Boudin, a family friend, who had to start from scratch as Braquaval had not even been taught how to draw when he was a child. In 1895, he bought a house in Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, a popular area for painters at that time. Among those whose acquaintance he made was Edgar Degas, who became his good friend and painting companion. He did not begin exhibiting until 1907, when he showed some landscapes at the Salon. Later, in 1909 and 1910, he also exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and returned to the Paris Salon four years after that. Mostly, however, he established his reputation at regional exhibitions in Arras, Lille and Nantes. He became a Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur in 1914. By this time, he was in fragile health and painted little; not only for that reason, but also because of the chaos caused by the war. His work was largely forgotten until a fiftieth anniversary retrospective was held at the Kaplan Gallery in London. |
Price | SOLD |