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ANTOINE BERJON OIL ON BOARD FLORAL STILL LIFE
Antoine Berjon (French, 1754-1843), Oil on board, floral still life. Artwork set in a gilt frame. The artist is known as one of the most important floral painters of 19th C. France. Andy Thomas of Carthage, Missouri is dedicated to the Trans-Mississippi Civil War series in which he is depicting battles West of the Mississippi River. These have been,for the most part, undoctumented by todays artists. Antoine Berjon was a French painter and designer, among the most important flowerpainters of 19th-century France. He worked in a variety of media including oil, pastel, watercolour, and ink. Berjon was born in St Pierre de Vaise, a commune of Lyon, to the son of a butcher, and he first studied drawing with the local sculptor Antoine-Michel Perrache. His early history is not clear; according to his uncorroborated biographer J. Gaubin, he may have studied medicine or a religious

Some craquelure to paint. Not examined out of frame. Frame exhibits some light loss.