Gaston Guignard (1848-1922) -oil On Wood- Argentina-flock Watering-signed

  
Beautiful and big original oil. (rare work of the artist during his period "argentine"). A herd of cows near ruins in the pampas. Provenance: part of a sale of the shop floor by his descendants in 2007.

Size: 580 mm x 402 mm. March 8, 1848, died in Paris on October 16, 1922, is a French painter.

He begins by studying law and is registered with the bar of Paris. After having served in a regiment of dragoons during the Franco-German war, Gaston Guignard followed his vocation and entered the studio of the painter Jules Jean Ferry, before following the teachings of. He started at the salon of 1874 and revealed himself as a painter of portraits, landscapes, animals, military scenes (leaving a large space for animals). He receives the medal of honor at l. Nice in 1883 for the canvas.

(1884) will be awarded a silver medal at the 1889 World's Fair. Gaston Guignard is elected a member of the delegation of the new National Society of Fine Arts, of which he is one of the founders.

He will exhibit a large number of landscapes inspired by his region Gironde or his travels. He also exhibited at the society fair of pastellists.

He is one of the first French painters to explore the Argentine market with an exhibition at. In 1906, followed by an exhibition at. Knight of the Legion of Honour.

The item "gaston guignard (1848-1922) - oil on wood- argentine-flock drinking-signed" is on sale since Wednesday, August 10, 2016. It is in the category "art, antiquities \ art of the nineteenth and before \ paints, enamels ". The seller is "modeo3" and is located in / in Pays de la Loire. This item can be shipped to the following country: France.

1. type: oil
2. period: nineteenth and before
3. theme: animals, landscape
4. features: wood panel