ARTIST: Alexandre DeFaux (French, 1826 - 1900)
TITLE: Cityscape
YEAR: 1858
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Two small patches. Some paint losses mostly by the lower edge. Some craquelure. Few small inpaitings. Small damages to frame.
ART SIZE: 23 x 29 inches / 58 x 73 cm
FRAME SIZE: 33 x 39 inches / 83 x 99 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
NAME VARIANTS: Alexandre De Faux
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Alexandre Defaux (1826-1900) initially painted in the tradition of classical landscape painting, until he discovered the Barbizon school in 1850. It was in Auberge Ganne, where he presumably met Corot and thus his later teacher. Defaux was first represented at the Paris Salon in 1859 and then regularly took part in their exhibitions. His artistic output was repeatedly honored with numerous awards, including his appointment as '?chevalier' of the Legion of Honor in 1881. Defaux created idyllic compositions of farms and fowl under flowering trees. A selection of his works is today preserved, for instance, at the museum collections of Barbizon, Cean and Rouen.