Frans Mortelmans, Still Life with Fruit, Grapes and Peaches, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, Framed

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the antique painting still life with fruit proposed here is a beautiful oil painting on canvas from the 19th century

… Read more the antique painting still life with fruit proposed here is a beautiful oil painting on canvas from the 19th century

and is dressed with a rich gilded frame from the same period as the antique painting. Xix century.

it is a pleasant still life with a tray and a goblet of antique silver and some fruit, white and black grapes,

peaches all resting on a very elegant embroidered tablecloth. Pitore impresionista.

old paintings, still life of fruit from the 19th century is signed lower right f. Mortelmans,

belgian painter of still life paintings, portrait paintings, paintings of flowers and fruit.

frans mortelmans (1865-1936) was born in antwerp in belgium, studied at the school “des beaux-arts” in antwerp

where he later became a teacher. He then moved on and became a teacher at the berchem academy and became its director.

frans mortelmans actively participated in the artistic societies that flourished in flanders at the turn of the

the 19th and 20th centuries. He also participated in salons and various exhibitions in antwerp, mechelen, ghent and liège.

in 1903 he received official recognition in belgium and one of his watercolours was acquired by the royal museum

of fine arts in antwerp. In 1932 he was made a commander of the order of leopold.

the canvas has been re-lined.

the antique gilded frame and the antique oil painting are carefully and professionally restored.


bibliographie: e. Bénézit. Dictionnaire des peintres sculptures dessinateurs et graveurs.

                          arto. Dictionnaire biographique illustré des artistes en belgique depuis 1830.

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canvas size: 100 x 60 cm

size with frame: 134 x 94 cm

depth: 10 cm

weight: 18 kg

restored painting | origin belgium | 19th century | antiquity | belgian school | painter of still life

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