Romantic Figures with Horses and dogs under a Tree. Original drawing.
France: 19th Century. Drawing with watercolor. 15 x 33 cm. Signed G. Brion lower left. Paper watermarked J.WHA[TMAN].
Gustave Brion was a French painter and illustrator. He was born at Rothau in the department of Bas-Rhin 24 October 1824, and in 1841 entered at Strasbourg the studio of Gabriel Guérin, with whom he remained three years; he also received tuition from Andreas Friedrich, the sculptor; but he soon afterwards went to Paris, where his first work appeared at the Salon in 1847; it was entitled Interior of a Farm at Dambach. Six years later he gained a medal of the second class for his 'Schlitteurs de la Foret-Noire' and the Potato Harvest during an Inundation, the former of which was subsequently burned at Strassburg by the Prussians. His fame was further established by his Le Train de Bois sur le Rhin in 1855, and from that time his works continued to increase in public favour, and gained considerable praise and recompense for their author. Brion received numerous medals in 1853, 1863, 1867, 1868, &c., and the decoration of the Legion of Honour in 1863. He died in Paris 3 November 1877.
Expertise by Elisa CHAPPE. De Baecque, Lyon. From a Lyonnaise collection. Item #51-3986
Price: $300.00