Oil on board painting landscape circa 1885 representing a farm.
Paul Léon Félix Schmitt (1856, Paris – 1902, Paris) was a French painter. He studied under Antoine Guillemet and exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1879, then the Salon for French Artists. He was awarded a third class medal in 1888 and a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. He mainly painted scenes from the shores of the river Oise and of Paris.
Artist: Paul Léon Schmitt (1856 – 1902).Signed: Signed on bottom right (a bit erased) “Paul Schmitt”, with a dedication “A Mon Ami...”
Medium: Oil on board.
Condition: Good condition.
Dimensions: 24.2 x 32.5 cm. / 9 1/4 x 13 in.
Frame: 33 x 41.2 cm. / 13 x 16 1/4 in. Gilt wood, new, classic style.
Origin: France.