Pair of Aces
Type:Painting
Year:1919
Size:12.00" x 19.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
A crisp example of Rosseau's great talent!
Percival Leonard Rosseau ART FOR SALE
1859 Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana - 1937 Fayetteville, North Carolina. Known for: Sporting dogs, birds and other animal in landscape paintings.
Born of French descent in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, on September 21, 1859. His father and two older brothers were killed during the Civil War; his mother had also died, and the Union General... Read full biography
Born of French descent in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, on September 21, 1859. His father and two older brothers were killed during the Civil War; his mother had also died, and the Union General W. T. Sherman destroyed the family plantation during the Mississippi campaign. Rosseau and his sister... Read full biography
Born of French descent in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, on September 21, 1859. His father and two older brothers were killed during the Civil War; his mother had also died, and the Union General W. T. Sherman destroyed the family plantation during the Mississippi campaign. Rosseau and his sister were rescued by a slave, and the two were raised by a family friend in Kentucky. Rosseau was educated in a private school and taught to shoot and fish by his guardian. He began working at seventeen,... Read full biography
Born of French descent in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, on September 21, 1859. His father and two older brothers were killed during the Civil War; his mother had also died, and the Union General W. T. Sherman destroyed the family plantation during the Mississippi campaign. Rosseau and his sister were rescued by a slave, and the two were raised by a family friend in Kentucky. Rosseau was educated in a private school and taught to shoot and fish by his guardian. He began working at seventeen, trying his hand at various trades to earn a living for himself and a dowry for his sister. He worked as a cowboy along the Chisholm Trail from Mexico to Kansas for six years, then purchased a stand of timber with an eye toward entering the lumber... Read full biography
Born of French descent in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, on September 21, 1859. His father and two older brothers were killed during the Civil War; his mother had also died, and the Union General W. T. Sherman destroyed the family plantation during the Mississippi campaign. Rosseau and his sister were rescued by a slave, and the two were raised by a family friend in Kentucky. Rosseau was educated in a private school and taught to shoot and fish by his guardian. He began working at seventeen, trying his hand at various trades to earn a living for himself and a dowry for his sister. He worked as a cowboy along the Chisholm Trail from Mexico to Kansas for six years, then purchased a stand of timber with an eye toward entering the lumber business. The venture failed when the logs sank to the bottom of the river, while he was rafting them along the water.&nbs... Read full biography
Percival Leonard Rosseau - Art for Sale (5 available)
On Point
Type:Painting
Year:1905
Size:26.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
A beautiful example in the original period frame
Setters in a Field
Type:Painting
Size:31.00" x 44.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Estimate $20,000-30,000. SOLD FOR $50,580 AT THE COEUR D'ALENE ART AUCTION-RENO. Now taking consignments for our auctions. For more information, please call 208.772.9009 or www.cdaartauction.com
Pekingese
Type:Painting
Size:15.00" x 21.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
A fine example of Percival Leonard Rosseau's celebrated mastery of canine portraiture, this oil painting presents a dignified Pekingese in three-quarter profile against a sumptuous backdrop of deep burgundy drapery.
The Pointer Miss Village Girl and the Setter Wana Brook Babe, 1929
Type:Painting
Year:1929
Size:20.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated