Artist: Jules Scalbert (1851–1928)
Medium: Antique heliogravure on heavy wove paper after the original.
Dimensions: Image Size 7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Rest on the bank of the river after rowing in a pleasure boat. The woman is toying with a blossoming branch, while the man with muscular arms gives expression to some of his ideas.
Jules Scalbert was a pupil of Isidore Pils and Henri Lehmann. He depicted historical and genre scenes, allegorical subjects, figures, flowers, and worked in pastel technique. The artist started exhibiting at Paris Salon in 1876, afterwards showed his works in Salon des Artistes Francais, of which he became a member in 1883. Scalbert obtained an honorary award in 1889 as well as medals in 1891 and 1901. His works achieve remarkable prices (as high as US$80,000) at international auctions.