This flower painting with asters in a pot was executed by Louis-Victor Gesta (1828 - Toulouse - 1894 ), good listed French still life painter and glassmaker, founder of the Gesta stained glass factory which, according to its founder, decorated between 7,000 and 8,500 churches. His residence, exhibition space and factory still exists, in part, the Château des Verrières in Toulouse.

Literature: artist lexicons: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999; Thieme/Becker, Leipzig,1999; Schurr V, 1981.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique:  oil on canvas.  Original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 23 3/4 " x h 29" (60,5 x 73,5cm), framed w 33 1/2" x h 38 3/4" (85 x 98,5 cm)

Condition: in  very good condition.