Antique Painting, Young Woman, Portrait Painting, Symbolist Painting, Oil Painting On Canvas, XIX/XX Century. (QR442)
ANTIQUE PAINTING, YOUNG WOMAN PORTRAIT PAINTING, SYMBOLIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS, 19TH CENTURY. (QR 442)
This is a Antique Portrait Artwork, Antique Portraits proposes a Young Girl seen from behind looking at the Sunset
is an Oil Painting on Canvas from the late 19th or early 20th century. Symbolist Painting. French ancient painting.
The antique painting is enclosed in a beautiful gilded frame restored in pure gold leaf and is coeval with the painting.
The antique painting is signed bottom left J. Castaing, French painter active in the 19th century.
Henry Joseph Castaing (1860-1918) was born in Pau, a pupil of Victor Venat from 1881 to 1883.
He then studied in Italy at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He then attended the Beaux-Arts school in Paris
where he became a pupil of William Laparra, Léon Bonnat and Benjamin Constant. From 1892 he became a teacher.
He exhibited at the 'Salon des Artistes Français' from 1898 to 1914. He realised works in many churches and chapels
"Chapelle Notre Dame d'Oloron Sainte Marie" and "Notre Dame, St Martin and St Jacques de Pau".
Some of these works have been included in the heritage of historical monuments and the French artistic heritage.
The museum 'Des Beaux-Arts de Pau' exhibits works by Castaing.
The antique frame and painting are restored. French Antiquity. Symbolist School.
We can consider this Antique Painting, Portraits of Ladies, Young Woman, Symbolism Oil Painting On Canvas, 19th Century a beautiful painting.
Painting and Frame Restored | Nineteenth Century | French Antiques | Antiques Portraits | Symbolism
Bibiography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs.
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Canvas size: 101.5 x 45.5 cm
Size with frame: 112.5 x 58 cm
Depth: 8.5 cm
Weight: 4Kg