Bidspirit auction | Eugène O'Kelly, Une Scène Galante,

Eugène O'Kelly, Une Scène Galante, Dated 1875, Oil on Canvas - Frame: 20.5 x 26 Sight: 14 x 19.25 An oil on canvas painting attributed to Eugène O'Kelly, titled 'Une Scène Galante,' and dated 1875. The work depicts a romantic or genre scene with two figures, a man in a hat and dark cloak embracing a woman in a light-colored gown, set within an interior featuring architectural columns and drapery. A signature, stylized in red as ”Dad,” is visible in the lower left corner. The verso features a label identifying the artist as ”Eugène O'Kelly,” the work as ”Une Scène Galante,” dated ”1875,” and noting it as from the ”Collection de M. E. Bernard.” The artistic style is representational, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th-century interpretation of historical genre painting, reminiscent of works by artists such as Florent Willems (1823-1905) and Felix Ehrlich (1866-1931). The painting is presented in an ornate, gilded wooden frame.