Antoine VIERLING (1842-1917) - Lot 215

Antoine VIERLING (1842-1917) Peasant woman with basket. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. H_136cm L_89cm Restorations, accidents. Refinished, patch on back. Antoine Vierling (1842-1917) was a painter from Lorraine renowned for his genre scenes, portraits and landscapes. Born in Nancy, he studied with Sellier, Bonnat and Farochon, before becoming a professor at Nancy's École des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited regularly at the Salon de Nancy between 1869 and 1910, as well as at the Salon de Paris and the Salon de Remiremont. His work includes portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, biblical subjects, orientalist paintings and still lifes. He owned a country house in Bouxières-aux-Dames, where he painted many works, including Près Bouxières, Un ruisseau sous bois and Coin de Bouxières-aux-Dames. The Musée de Nancy holds his painting Death of Holofernes. He also directed the Société Lorraine des Amateurs d'Art and illustrated the Bulletin des Sociétés artistiques de l'Est.