“The French Cavalier”

Original oil on canvas portrait of a French cavalier by the well known French/Belgian artist, Alex de Andreis. Signed lower right and dated 1924. Condition is very good. Original Newcomb Macklin frame in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 40 by 33.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector.

Artists Biography
Alex de Andreis
French/Belgian 19th/20th Century
Alex de Andreis was a French painter of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

Alex de Andreis' career began as a soldier in the service of the Swedish and later of the Spanish crown. As a painter he established himself with his costume paintings illustrating romanticizing tendencies, as well as scenes from the military life in the tradition of François Roybet.

Andreis’ subjects were mostly genre pieces set in 17th and 18th Century costumes similar to those of Stephen Lewin. His broad confident technique, which captures beautifully the play of light upon his images, is an interpretation that is highly original. Both the colour and atmosphere of his canvases come alive, giving his figures a natural environment in which to cast their spell.

Whether tavern interiors, figures playing chess or cavaliers admiring a new acquisition, Alex de Andreis fires the imagination with his images of a bygone age and presents us with highly decorative images which in today’s market, as in the artist’s day, are very collectable.