July 14 & 15, 2020 Fine & Decorative Arts
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2020
De Longpre was a specialist in floral still lives, especially informal arrangements. Raoul M. De Longpre was born in Lyons, France into family of "fleuristes" persons associated with flower painting whose center was Lyons. His father, Jean Antoine, decorated fans and exhibited floral still lifes in Paris and Lyons. By the time he was twelve he was earning a living painting flowers on fans for a firm in Paris. He worked and studied with his brother, Paul De Longpre, who became a major figure in flower painting and settled in California. At age 21, Raoul De Longpre began exhibiting in the Paris Salon. Whether or not he traveled to America is unknown, but his paintings circulated widely in America, likely through the efforts of his brother. His works today are in museum collections including the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. Not examined out of frame. Large repair to upper right background.
Item Dimensions: Frame: 27 - 3/4" x 35 - 3/4".
Artist
RAOUL de LONGPRE (FRENCH, 1843 - 1911).
Signature
Signed lower right: "Raoul de Longpre fils".