The Poets Table - Antique Oil Painting

Name: The Poets Table - Antique Oil Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA653965
Availability: SoldOut

1940 - 1960

Sold by Rue des Fontenelles

Description

Signed oil on canvas showing a geranium and other items group on a table. The painting is signed by the artist Louis Henno (1907 - 1990) and mounted in a quality moulded wooden frame. There is a plaque on the frame and it is inscribed on the rear. 'La Table du Poet'.

Henno was a Belguim painter who trained at the Academies of Brussels (1923 - 1926), Etterbeek and Saint-Gilles. He was a pupil of P. Mathieu, G. Combaz, A. Philippot and L. Pringels and was known fro his portraits, compositions, figures, nudes, interiors, landscapes, still lifes and flowers. His work soft, intimate and has a delicate palette. In the pres his work was described as "His painting is music" by P Caso. He organises annually the international exhibition "Arts in Europe" and founded the magazine "The Cahier des Arts" in 1955. Until his death, he was editor-in-chief of "Voix des Artistes" and secretary-general of the "Royal Association of Artists of Belgium". He has works in the Museum of Ixelles.

Dimensions - 73 x 62 x 4 cms

Physical Dimensions

Height

73cm (28.74")

Width

62cm (24.41")

Depth

4cm (1.57")

Declaration

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this piece to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA653965

Description

Signed oil on canvas showing a geranium and other items group on a table.

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The painting is signed by the artist Louis Henno (1907 - 1990) and mounted in a quality moulded wooden frame.

Rue des Fontenelles

There is a plaque on the frame and it is inscribed on the rear. 'La Table du Poet'.

fig 1. The Poets Table - Antique Oil Painting

Henno was a Belguim painter who trained at the Academies of Brussels (1923 - 1926), Etterbeek and Saint-Gilles. He was a pupil of P. Mathieu, G. Combaz, A. Philippot and L. Pringels and was known fro his portraits, compositions, figures, nudes, interiors, landscapes, still lifes and flowers. His work soft, intimate and has a delicate palette. In the pres his work was described as "His painting is music" by P Caso. He organises annually the international exhibition "Arts in Europe" and founded the magazine "The Cahier des Arts" in 1955. Until his death, he was editor-in-chief of "Voix des Artistes" and secretary-general of the "Royal Association of Artists of Belgium". He has works in the Museum of Ixelles.

Dimensions - 73 x 62 x 4 cms