{"title":"Leandro Sirvent","description":"\u003cp\u003eStill lifes by Leandro Sirvent, Spanish painter from Jijona, active in Paris from 1867.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"antique-french-still-life-peaches-in-basket-signed-sirvent-c-1880-1900-oil-on-board-ornate-gilt-frame","title":"Leandro Sirvent Still Life, Peaches in a Woven Basket, Oil on Wood Panel, Signed, c. 1880–1900","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woven basket tips forward on a plain tabletop and its peaches roll out toward you, soft-skinned and heavy, catching the light against a dark, atmospheric ground. It's a quiet picture built with real discipline. The highlights are held back, the shadows are laid in gradually, and the fruit sits with weight instead of floating on the surface. Signed \u003cstrong\u003eSirvent\u003c\/strong\u003e at lower right, it's the work of Leandro Sirvent, a Spanish-born painter who made his career in Paris, and whose fruit still lifes were popular enough by 1892 to be published as colour prints, one of them titled \u003cem\u003ePanier de pêches\u003c\/em\u003e, a basket of peaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeandro Sirvent was born in Jijona, in the hills above Alicante, and trained at the school of fine arts in Madrid. By 1867 he was living at 8 rue Coustou in Montmartre and showing two paintings at the Paris Salon, one of them a scene of a child's funeral custom from his home town that a Paris critic called painfully moving. In the decades that followed he turned to still life and to the Paris picture trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record of those years is specific. In 1892 the Paris publisher Borrel issued four of his still lifes as chromolithographs: oranges, melon and oysters, apples and pears, and a basket of peaches. In 1893 his still life \u003cem\u003eJoie et Tristesse\u003c\/em\u003e sold at the Hôtel Drouot, and that same season a Montreal art company offered more than a dozen of his still lifes, noting that he \"paints still life with great success.\" He also signed work as Bihet and Perez, which helps explain why his own name turns up so rarely today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting belongs squarely to that documented body of work: a fruit still life on a dark ground, in the same subject he was known for in Paris in the 1890s. The full record, with every source, is on our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/artists-leandro-sirvent\"\u003eLeandro Sirvent artist page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStill life painting, peaches spilling from a woven basket onto a tabletop\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eParis, France; by Leandro Sirvent, born in Jijona, Alicante, Spain\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRectangular wood panel, presented in an ornate gilt frame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOil on wood panel; gilt frame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned \"Sirvent\" at lower right\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1880–1900\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent antique condition. Naturally aged paint surface with depth and character; original backing with age-consistent wear; frame with time-earned patina and minor surface abrasions. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew paintings at this level come with a name, a Paris Salon debut and a paper trail back to the 1860s, and this one still reads at a glance as simply a beautiful basket of peaches. Hang it in a dining room or kitchen, where still life has always lived, or in a library alongside books and dark wood, and let the light find the fruit. It's warm enough for a modern room and serious enough to anchor a traditional one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo care for it, keep it out of direct sun and away from fireplaces, heating vents and humid rooms, since a wood panel moves with changes in humidity. Dust the frame lightly with a soft, dry brush, and leave any cleaning of the paint surface to a conservator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42816564428905,"sku":"VE-0372","price":4250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_59642.jpg?v=1768376181"}],"url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/collections\/leandro-sirvent.oembed","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}