Large painting from Albert de Roover

A large oil on canvas painting by Jean Albert de Roover

Albert de Roover was born in Boom 1892 and passed away in Borgerhout Belgium 1978

He was educated at the academy of Antwerp and later the higher institute of fine arts in Antwerp and later he was the director of the academy in Temse Belgium from 1924 to 1957

He was the older brother of Carlo de Roover which was also a painter

He started his career with expressionistic images of stone factories and its workers, and his favorite genres where flowers, landscapes and portraits and later after WW2 he was working more in a abstract way and non-realistic colour palette

This painting represents a nice collection of objects that you could find in an artists home, from ceramics antique textiles artworks and a lovely vase filled with withered sunflowers painted very realistic

Dating to the midcentury, 1944 and signed by the artist on the right below

This is a very large painting for this artist and comes with its original guilded frame

The work is in excellent condition

There are various works in the Museum of fine arts in Antwerp, the museum of St Niklaas and the Municipal museum of Temse

Painting 106 cm and high 80 cm wide without frame

Size including frame 123 cm and high 96 cm wide