Eugène Petit (1839–1886) was a French flower painter and textile designer.Burlington PaintingsLaurence 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 "
Biography Eugene Petit was born in Paris in 1839. He briefly taught the American painter Henry Woodbridge Parton, 1875.
He specialized in still life paintings of flowers and fruits, as well as sporting dogs. 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. Some of his work has been auctioned at Bonhams.BonhamsBonhams One of his hunting scenes, "On the Scent, Setters" sold at Sothebys in New York for $13,200 in 2006.Sothebys Auction: Lot 126 - Eugène Petit, New York, 30 November 2006
Work Summer Flowers in a Vase Still life with peonies and roses Daisies, Poppies And Wild Roses Summer blooms in a glass vase Spaniels hunting duck Still life Setters flushing out ducks Chrysanthemums in a brass urn, and a silver tray and jug on a draped table The Chase Setters flushing out duck Blossom branches and peonies in a vase On the point On the point 2 Pointers on the scent Pointers by the edge of a lake A pointer and a setter on the scent The Garden Gate Two Pointers Hunting by a Path Le chemin aux arbres et fleurs
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