Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Floral Still Life Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
A portrait and genre painter with a preference for still lifes,he was part of a traditional realist movement with post -Impressionist influence.Ragot was very famous in Belgium during his lifetime since he was tutor of Queen Marie-Henriette.King Leopold ll of Belgium acquired several of his works.One of the greatest art critics of that time,Joris-Karl Huysmans(1848-1907) spoke of him in glowing terms.He was active in Saint-Gilles and his oeuvre is among the cultural common good of Belgium.’Still Life of Roses in a Vase and on a Draped Cloth’ signed oil on a relined canvas; image size 64x52cms,framed size 84x71 cm.Housed in a good quality modern wood and gesso frame of traditional style.
Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Floral Still Life Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
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