ARTIST: Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hedouin (France, 1820 - 1889)
NAME: Market Scene
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Board has two faint vertical surface cracks. Very minor craquelure. Minor inpainting along lower edge. Wear to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 9 1/2 x 16 inches / 25 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 16 x 23 inches / 40 x 58 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
NAME VARIANTS: Pierre Edmund Alexandre Hedouin
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
A fine French painter, etcher and lithographic artist, Pierre-Edmond-Alexandre Hedouin studied art under Paul Delaroche at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 1838. Shortly thereafter he began to take instructions in etching and engraving from Celestin Nanteuil. Edmond Hedouin began to exhibit his art at the prestigious Paris Salon in 1844 and was a frequent exhibitor there in the following decades. During this time he received many commissions for his art, including paintings for the Theatre Francais and the Palais Royale. Edmond Hedouin was decorated with the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1872 and the medaille d'honneur in 1888.As an etcher, Edmond Hedouin, was equally well received for both his original designs and his interpretive etchings after such masters as Boucher, Watteau, Goya and Delacroix. Many of his finest original etchings were commissioned for such great illustrated books as Rousseau's Confessions, Sterne's Sentimental Journey and the plays of Moliere. A nos bien Chers Maitres is indicative of the graceful lines and design elements that made Edmond Hedouin's art famous. It was obviously created for an artistic event or association Edmond Hedouin was part of as all the names appearing within the composition are those of well known 19th century French painters and etchers such as MMes de Beaulieu, Bouguereau, Detaille Hedouin, Laurens, Lefebvre, Masson Ribot, Ceyssonnieres, Veyrassat, Cte d'Osmoy Alexandre Georges).