Edmond Van der Meulen (1841-1905)

(QA660) The category Antique Paintings Portraits of Dogs proposes an oil painting on canvas with the portrait of a black dog, a Gordon Setter. It is a pleasant portrait of a hunting dog from the late nineteenth century. The antique painting is signed at the top left by Edm Van der Meulen, a Belgian painter of portraits with animals and still lifes. Impressionist painter. Edmond Van der Meulen (1841-1905) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He loved to paint animals and specialized in portraying dogs. Many paintings by this painter are kept in various museums in Belgium: Ghent, Bruges, Tournai, Leuven, Brussels. The work has a gilded frame which is contemporary to the 19th-century painting. www.bisgart.com Bisgart Collection Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs. *** Canvas size: 46 x 38 cm Size with frame: 63 x 56 cm Depth: 7.5 cm Weight: 6.5 Kg Antique Paintings | Dog Portraits | Dog Portrait | Belgian Antiques | Gordon Setter