Anna Boch, La Louvriere, 1848-1936, Brussel

A bouquet corantions Olie op canvas, 40 x 48 cm
Signed lower left: A Boch
Painted about 1910
Impresionistic work preliminary of the Brabant fauvisme called "The Blues". This is demonstrated in the blue haze over the flowers and the bluish contrasts in the painting.
Provenance:
Auction de Vuyst, Lokeren, 8-X-1988
Studio 2000 Amsterdam
Literature:
Dictionnaire des peintres belges et hollandais entre 1750-1880, Brussel 1995, afb. blz. 127
Bloemstillevens uit Nederland en Belgie, Sakia de Bodt & Maartje de Haan, Kunsthal Rotterdam,1998, Waanders, Zwolle, blz.118, nr.8.
Expositions:
Flower paintings from van Gogh to Mondriaan
Sagimihara Citizens Gallery, 10/I-8/III 1998,
Daimaru Museum, Kobe, 2/IV-14/IV 1998,
Ashikaga Museum of Art, 18/IV-28/VI 1998,
Hamada Children's Museum of Art, 4/VII-30/VIII 1998, afb. blz. 28, nr.4.