Lot 1527: ERNEST QUOST (French, 1844-1931). THE PARISIAN GARDEN, initialed lower right. Pastel on canvas.

Name: ERNEST QUOST (French, 1844-1931). THE PARISIAN GARDEN, initialed lower right. Pastel on canvas.
Brand: Sloans & Kenyon
SKU: wstgnwtytw

Est: $2,000 USD - $4,000 USD

Sloans & KenyonChevy Chase, MD, USApril 22, 2007

Item Overview

Description

ERNEST QUOST (French, 1844-1931). THE PARISIAN GARDEN, initialed lower right. Pastel on canvas - 21 1/4 in. x 38 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Ernest Quost

Notes

A teacher of Montezin, Ernest Quost exhibited to wide acclaim at the Salon de Paris and the Salon de Artistes Francais from the 1870s through the 1920s and was the recipient of an important medal at the famous 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Quost was renowned for his flower paintings; his floral bouquets were admired by Claude Monet and "Father Quost''s roses" were complimented by Van Gogh in an 1888 letter from Arles to his brother Theo.

Quost''s work is in the permanent collections, among others, of the Musee d''Orsay and Musee Marmottan, Paris.

Quost was awarded a Chevalier (knight) in the Légion d''honneur, France''s highest civilian honor.

Auction Details

April Estate Catalogue Auction

Sloans & Kenyon

April 22, 2007, 10:00 AM EST

7034 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, US

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