Jules Gustave Leroy (1856-1921) Cat Games oil on canvas circa 1890-1900
A charming and decorative oil on canvas depicting four cats playing, enjoying a plate on a table, a ball of wool as a future toy.
The favorite subject of this excellent painter, Jules Gustave Leroy 1856-1921.
Our painting is framed in its original gilded wood frame.
Sizes unframed: H 15.35 In. - W 19.29 In.
Sizes with frame: H 27.16 In. - W 31.10 In.
Our painting is framed in its original gilded wood frame.
Biography:
Jules Le Roy or Jules Gustave Leroy (1856-1921).
French painter, born 1853, died 1922 in Paris. Specialized in small-format paintings of animal scenes, mainly cats and kittens.
A pupil of Jules Adolphe Goupil, he debuted at the Salon in 1898, signing his works J. LeRoy.
His paintings are scattered and preserved in museums around the world.
Chats dans une commode, 1900, Oil on wood, bequest Henri Selosse in 1924 to the city of Roubaix, now in the Musée La Piscine, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie (Roubaix).
