Albert Dubois-Pillet, 1846-1890

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Description

Albert Dubois-Pillet
NATURE MORTE DANS UN VASE PEINT
signed
oil on canvas
75 by 55.5cm.; 29½ by 21 7/8 in.

Provenance

Commandant de Gendarmerie Pool, France (a gift from the artist to his friend)
Estate of the family Pool, France
Acquired from the above in the 1960s by the family of the present owner

Catalogue Note

Born in 1845 in Paris, Albert Dubois-Pillet was a self-taught painter who pursued a career as a policer officer alongside his artistic activities. A friend of Seurat and Signac, he was one of the founding members of the Salon des Indépendants in 1884.