Georges Louis Charles Busson (1859-1933)

(QA587) The Antique Paintings Portraits of Dogs category offers an oil on canvas painting with the portrait of a Pomeranian Dog or Spitz German dwarf, which takes its name from the European region of Pomerania where they come from, 20th century. This is a pleasant portrait of a small dog. The antique painting is dated 1926 and signed lower left Georges Busson French painter of sports scenes, of hunting scenes, of paintings with animals. Georges Louis Charles Busson (1859-1933) was born in Paris and learned to paint thanks to the teachings of his father and from the hunting scene painter Evarise Vital Luminais. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des artistes français from 1884, and received a medal of honor and a third-class medal. At the Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900 he was given two silver medals. A work of his is exhibited at the Perigueux museum. The work bears a gilded frame contemporary with the 20th century painting. The antique painting and frame have been carefully and professionally restored. www.bisgart.com Bisgart Collection | Antique Paintings | Dog Portraits | Small Dog Portrait | French Antiques Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs. *** Canvas size: 55 x 46.5 cm Size with frame: 73 x 64 cm Depth: 10 cm Weight: 5.2 Kg