Live Auction 5658Christie's Interiors
Christie’s roundel
Lot 244

Henri Pierre Picou (FRENCH, 1824-1895)

The flower pickers

Closed5 January 2010

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GBP 1,875

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Henri Pierre Picou (FRENCH, 1824-1895)
The flower pickers
signed and dated 'henry Picou/1881' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24½ x 20 in. (62.5 x 50.7 cm.)

Specialist note

A student under Delaroche at the Academy de Beaux-Arts, he studied with Gleyre and Gérôme and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1853. He showed his work at the Salon from 1847. He undertook projects to paint elaborate frescos for the church of Saint-Roch in Paris and for Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours at Nantes. Other works are exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes.