DEBRUS Alexandre
WHITE ROSES
Oil on canvas: 65 x 63 cm / 25.6 x 24.8 ins
Signed and dated '1892' lower left
Painter of still lifes, flowers and portraits; watercolourist.
Alexandre Debrus was born in Spa in 1818 as the son of Jean Nicolas Debrus. He also died there in 1905.
He worked in England for some time and participated at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876.
Period:
Spa 1818 - 1905
Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Spa
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Flower Painters; Belgian and Dutch Artists born between 1750 and 1880", Knokke 1995, p. 160-161.