Impressionistic still life with different flowers was executed in the late 19th century by listed French painter Charles Frédéric Jung (1865-1936).

Frédéric Charles Jung studied under Jean-Marie Reignier, then under his successor Adolphe Louis Castex-Dégrange, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon from 1882 to 1885. Jung began exhibiting in Lyon in 1886 and in Paris in 1905. He received a gold medal in Lyon in 1908. He signed his works: Jung or C. Jung. Jung specialized in painting decorative still lifes. He is the creator of a still life for the Rhône prefecture and a spring flower decoration for the town hall of the 6th arrondissement of Lyon. Sources: Documentation from the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Tomaselli Collection, Bénézit.

Literature: Artist lexicons by Vollmer VI, 1962, 121 , Benezit, Schurr VI, 1985, Saur.

Inscription: signed upper right.

Technique: oil on cardboard. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 12 7/8" x h 16 1/4" (32,5 x 41,5 cm), framed w 17 1/4" x h 20 7/8" (44 x 53 cm).

Condition: very good