A bunch of dahlias in a Japanese vase, signed upper left A.MELOT, dated 1883.
Louis Auguste MELOT, flower painter died 1899.
French school. A member of the French Artists Association, he exhibited at their Salon for many years.
The painter’s decision to split the vase down the middle for his composition is its his doing. The canvas has not been shortened.
A Montparnasse frame, circa 1930.