Aime Ponson French Antique Still Life Impressionist Oil Painting Old France 1905
WARM AND CAPTIVATING EARLY ANTIQUE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER AIME PONSON. THIS WORK DEPICTS AN ATMOSPHERIC TONALIST STILL-LIFE SCENE COMPRISED OF AN OPEN BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY A BURNING CANDLE. MASTERFUL AND IMPRESSIVE WORK BY THE GREAT AIME PONSON. SIGNED BY PONSON IN THE LOWER LEFTHAND CORNER.
EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE. RE-STRECH ON A LATER GILT FRAME. DIMENSIONS: 22"W x 19"H. Aime Ponson (1850 - 1924) was active/lived in France.
Aime Ponson is known for Landscape and still life paintings. Étienne Aimé Ponson, born in 1850 in Marseille and died in 1924, is a French painter. He is the younger brother of the painter Raphaël Ponson. Aimé Ponson is the student of his brother Raphaël Ponson. From 1876 he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français; in 1903 he obtained an honorable mention for Le rat retiré du monde according to La Fontaine. He also exhibits in the provinces where he obtains many awards (gold medal in Marseille, silver medal in Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier). From 1896 he taught decorative art for young girls at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille. Béziers Museum of Fine Arts: The embarrassment of choice. Museum of Fine Arts of Marseille: In the cellar, Books. Grobet-Labadié Museum in Marseille: Still life. Carcassonne Museum of Fine Arts: old books, Old tapestries. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "vintagerotty" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.
- Production Technique: Oil Painting
- Year of Production: 1905
- Country/Region of Manufacture: France
- Artist: Aime Ponson
- Unit of Sale: Single Piece
- Signed By: Aime Ponson
- Size: Large
- Signed: Yes
- Period: Early 20th Century (1900-1920)
- Material: Canvas
- Region of Origin: France
- Framing: Framed
- Subject: Still Life, French
- Type: Painting
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Style: Still Life, Impressionism, Surrealism
- Theme: Art
- Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
- Culture: French Impressionist Surrealist Surrealism
- Handmade: Yes
- Time Period Produced: 1900-1924