Louis Léon Nicolas Verreaux (1830-1878). Back From Fishing.

Back from fishing. Louis Léon Nicolas Verreaux is a French painter born in 1830 in Paris where he died in 1878.

He lived in Boulogne-sur-mer for many years and was in his early days a pupil of JJ Lecurieux. 

Painter of animals and landscapes as well as seascapes, he is also an excellent draftsman and watercolourist.
We discover it in many salons and at the Universal Exhibition of 1878.
In 1860, Louis Léon Verreaux obtained a silver medal for his Fish Store at the Amiens exhibition, and in 1863, a bronze medal at the Rouen exhibition.

Our painting is signed and dated lower left L Verrieux 1852. Its very beautiful frame is in carved and gilded wood.

84 cm x 55 cm without frame