Hippolyte Alexandre Michallon "Dans Le Serengeti" Oil Painting

Item Details

An original oil on canvas titled Dans Le Serengeti by Mark Beard under the pseudenym Hippolyte Alexandre Michallon. This large composition depicts an African landscape with a male lion and a recumbent lioness in the foreground. Flaking the landscape is a group of trees behind which are four antelopes and a pair of zebra. The lower right corner is signed ‘HA Michallon’ and dated ‘1889’. The painting is housed in a molded wood frame with a gilt name plate.

Mark Beard paints under five different persona. Hippolyte Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930) was a French artist primarily known for his animal paintings. Michallon was born in Tours and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under François-Édouard Picot. He gained notoriety after switching his focus from historical scenes to animal paintings, eventually relocating to London to teach at the Slade.

Condition

- canvas warped.
- frame with some surface wear and a slight separation at lower right corner.

Dimensions

- measured canvas out of frame.
- frame measures: 92.0″ × 79.50″ × 3.50″ ( when assembled).

Item #

16STA009-097