Jean Isy De Botton (French / American 1898 - 1978) Still Life Flower Oil Paining "The Radiant Anemonies" Palm Beach Galleries

Description

Jean Isy De Botton (French / American 1898 - 1978) still life oil painting of flowers "The Radiant Anemonies". Dates … more Jean Isy De Botton (French / American 1898 - 1978) still life oil painting of flowers "The Radiant Anemonies". Dates from the 1940's - 1950's. Wonderful bright colors. De Botton was an artist of international acclaim with exhibitions at leading art galleries in capital cities world-wide including Wildenstein Galleries in Paris. His paintings were collected by Ernest Hemingway, Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, Jules Romains, Paul Valéry, and Charlie Chaplin. Notably, Botton was designated as the official painter for George VI's coronation in 1937. Although he acquired US citizenship, he later returned to Europe in his final years.

Museums and public collections holding his works include the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Fogg Museum at Harvard, the Phoenix Art Museum, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Albertina in Vienna, the Musée de l'Histoire de France at Versailles, and, in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg, the Musée National d'Art Moderne.

Signed lower left and verso.


Provenance:
Palm Beach Galleries
336 Worth Ave,
Palm Beach, FL 33480

Condition: Wear commensurate with age; the linen fillet with water stains on the right side.

Dimensions:
Sight - 15 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W
Frame - 22 3/4" H x 18 3/4" W x 3" D less