AW875: Georges Croegaert Versailles Queen's Anti Chamber Interior Oil on Panel

Georges Croegaert (Paris; 1848 - 1923) Versailles Queen's Anti Chamber Interior Oil on Panel. Signed lower left. Written on label verso: 'Anti Chamber of Queen's Apt., Versailles-Door at which The Swiss Guard perished defending Marie Antoinette.'

Dimensions: Sight 12 1/4" x 16 1/4"; Frame 17 1/2" x 21 1/2"

Comments: Georges Croegaert was born in Antwerp, and studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Paris in 1876 where he remained active as an artist for the rest of his life. He had a successful career as a portrait and genre painter. His paintings received critical acclaim and were sought after by English and American collectors. He exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1882 and 1914 and in Vienna in 1888. Croegaert painted highly detailed still lifes, bird and flower subjects and occasional outdoor genre scenes. He built a career with his salon portraits of glamorous young women dressed in sumptuous fabrics set in luxurious rooms. He also gained a reputation as the leading artist in the genre of 'cardinal paintings', humorous representations of cardinals engaged in various mundane activities in lavish surroundings. His works are very narrative and the objects in the background support the story of the painting. His paintings are characterized by a high degree of finish and a rich palette.