Fine animal painting "Chicken yard" was executed ca. 1880s by listed French painter of Belgian origin Jules G. Bahieu, born 1860, worked in Champigny and regulary in 1885 - 1895 exhibited his animalistic works and landscapes by exhibition of "Salon de Paris".

Literature: Benezit "Dictionary of artist, etchers and decorators" , "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999; ADEC Index; Gerald schurr"les Petits Maitres de la Peinture 1820-1920", V.IV. Paris, 1979.

Technique:/FONT>Oil on canvas, original period gilt frame.

Inscription: signed lower left . Luxuriousy gold-plated original period French Salon frame.