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FRAMED LITHOGRAPH BY JAN VAN BEERS -SEA BATHING AT OSTEND

THE PIECE SHOWS A RARE BATHING WAGON THAT IS WHEELED INTO THE OCEAN WHERE THE BATHERS STEP INTO THE WATER AND DRY OFF WHEN THEY LEAVE THIER SWIM. THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS INCREDIBLY PAINTED IN CLASSIC VICTORIAN BATHING ATTIRE.

1889 11X13 PHOTOGRAVURE LITHOGRAPH OF PAINTING BY JAN VAN BEERS -SEA BATHING AT OSTEND

JAN VAN BEERS (1852 - 1927) WAS A PAINTER OF PORTRAITS, HISTORY AND GENRE SCENES. HE WAS BORN IN BELGIUM IN 1852 AND GREW UP IN A HIGHLY CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC MILIEU, HIS FATHER BEING A FAMOUS POET AND HAVING BEFRIENDED ARTISTS SUCH AS THE COMPOSER PIERRE BENOIT.

AFTER 1879 VAN BEERS BEGAN TO FOCUS ON GENRE SCENES AND MODERN LIFE SUBJECTS PAINTED IN A HIGHLY-FINISHED NATURALISTIC STYLE. HE PAINTED VERY SMALL PICTURES, DELICATELY BRUSHED, HYPER-REALISTIC IN THEIR DETAILS AND EXTREME FINISH. HIS SUCCESS WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATE.

THIS ORIGINAL 1889 PHOTOGRAVURE MEASURES 11 INCHES BY 9.5 INCHES, WHILE THE ENTIREFRAMED LITHO MEASURES 11 INCHES BY 13 INCHES. THIS PHOTOGRAVURE LITHO WERE ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN "ONE HUNDRED CROWNED MASTERPIECES OF PAINTING FROM THE PARIS EXHIBITION 1889 -EDITION DE LUXE" PUBLISHED BY GEBBIE & COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA DATED 1888.

BUYER PAYS SHIPPING. SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS.