(Brussels, 1857 - 1934, Brussels)

Still life, 1896

Pastel on paper

31 3/4" x 25 1/2"

43" x 36 1/2" framed

ERROR MSGUR: Berthe Art  1896

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          Berthe Art depicted animals, landscapes and portraits, but most often flowers.  She was a student of Alfred Stevens in Paris for some time.  Most of her works are pastels, but she also used oils from time to time.

          Art exhibited quite regularly, most notably at the Royal Academy in London, at the Salon in Paris, and in Munich.  She participated as well in the 1910 Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles.  

          Patrick and Viviane Berko say of her, "Together with elegance and distinguished perception, the prerogative of her sex, Berthe Art adds a vigour of expression and a scheme of colors which are absolutely masculine.  Though her main pencil lines contain an arrogant boldness, in her shading there is great finesse." (Berko, p. 16)

Recorded:

Benezit, Emmanuel.  Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et GraveursERROR MSG.  (Paris: Librairie Grund,  1976).

Berko, Patrick and Viviane.  Dictionary of Belgian Painters Born Between 1750 & 1875ERROR MSG.  (Brussels:  Editions Laconti,  1981).

ERROR MSGDuvosquel, Jean-Marie  and Philippe Cruysmans.  Dictionary of Belgian and Dutch Animal Painters Born Between 1750 and 1880.  (Belgium: Berko, 1998).

Hostyn, Norbert  and Willem Rappard.  Dictionary of Belgian and Dutch Flower Painters Born Between 1750 and 1880.  (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium:  Berko,  1995).

Le Dictionnaire des Peintres Belges du XIV ieme Siecle A Nos Jours.  (Brussels:  La Renaissance du Livre,  1995).

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