VAN RYSWYCK Edouard

THE ORCHIDS

Oil on canvas: 70 x 50 cm / 27.6 x 19.7 ins
Signed lower left

Painter of still lives with flowers and fruit; illustrator.

Edouard Van Ryswyck was born in Antwerp on May 18, 1871. He was the grandson of Théodore Van Ryswyck. He exhibited at the Triennial Exhibition in Antwerp in 1904 and at the opening of the banqueting hall of the SREBA in Antwerp in 1908.

Period:
Antwerp 1871 - 1931
Belgian School

Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Flower Painters; Belgian and Dutch Artists born between 1750 & 1880", Knokke 1995, p. 342.