Percival Leonard Rosseau, Hunting Dogs
Percival Leonard Rosseau (Louisiana / North Carolina, 1859-1937), pair of long-haired pointers tracking near a riverbank, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower right, 1911, in original antique ornate frame, framed under conservation glass
sight: 12.5 x 15 in., frame: 17.5 x 20.5 in.
Provenance: Property from a home in Morristown, New Jersey
Percival Rosseau began his formal art studies in his mid-thirties at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he studied under Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury. Initially painting classical subjects and landscapes, he decided to specialize in sporting dogs after his work featuring Irish wolfhounds attracted acclaim at the Paris Salon. Influenced by the Barbizon School, he became renowned for his lively depictions of hunting dogs in lush landscapes. Rosseau exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Lyme Art Association, and prominent galleries in New York City and elsewhere. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Lotos Club in New York City, and the Lyme Art Association.
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Percival Leonard Rosseau (Louisiana / North Carolina, 1859-1937), pair of long-haired pointers tracking near a riverbank, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower right, 1911, in original antique ornate frame, framed under conservation glass
sight: 12.5 x 15 in., frame: 17.5 x 20.5 in.
Provenance: Property from a home in Morristown, New Jersey
Percival Rosseau began his formal art studies in his mid-thirties at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he studied under Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury. Initially painting classical subjects and landscapes, he decided to specialize in sporting dogs after his work featuring Irish wolfhounds attracted acclaim at the Paris Salon. Influenced by the Barbizon School, he became renowned for his lively depictions of hunting dogs in lush landscapes. Rosseau exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Lyme Art Association, and prominent galleries in New York City and elsewhere. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Lotos Club in New York City, and the Lyme Art Association.
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