Louis Marie De Schryver (1862-1942) - Oil on canvas - "Portrait of a woman in a pink dress" - Signed

Louis marie de schryver (1862-1942) oil on canvas "portrait of a woman in a pink dress" signed lower right and dated 1888 gilded wooden frame in the louis XV style, late 19th century collector's stamp on the back sj very beautiful portrait, good rating for this french artist dimensions with frame: 58x51cm dimensions without frame: 35.5x27cm very good condition, professional restorations, accident to the frame *born october 12, 1862 in paris and died december 6, 1942 in paris. Of belgian descent, his precocious vocation was not thwarted by a parisian journalist father who belonged to the republican intellectual movement of the friends of victor hugo, in opposition to the regime of napoleon III. He evolved early in the world of fine arts thanks to his father's friendships, among whom: gustave courbet, rosa bonheur and gabriel ferrier, of whom he became a student. He was made an honorary member of the society of arts of canada in montreal in 1893. He created with emile auguste carolus-duran and augustin zwiller, the exhibition of painting and sculpture at the automobile club de france. For five years, from 1919, he was sent to occupied germany, to ludwigshafen on the rhine (rhineland-palatinate), for a cultural mission as a painter. At the beginning of 1925, he returned permanently to paris, where he lived retired as he wished, without abandoning painting. He appeared in various group exhibitions: from 1872, at the age of 13, the salon de paris, then the salon des artistes français, of which he became a member in 1896; from 1903 to 1922 at the salon de l'automobile club de france; from 1940 to 1942 at the salon des indépendants in paris. He exhibited personally at the tedesco frères gallery in paris, his works then being sent to belgium, germany, austria, russia and north america. He received various awards, including: 1879 2nd class medal at the universal exhibition in sydney; 1886 honorable mention in paris; 1889 honorable mention at.