Charles Michel, Clearing in the woods. 1903. Charles Michel 1874 Liège - 1967 Oil on painting cardboard. Signed "Ch. Michel" and dated in red on the lower left. Framed in a profiled dark brown wooden moulding with golden trims. At lower margin with inconspicuous age and early shrinkage craquelure. O.l. slightly scratched. Measures: c. 47.5 x 66.5 cm, cm. 59.5 x 78.3. Charles Michel 1874 Liège - 1967 Belgian painter and lithographer. Painted portraits and still lifes, figure compositions and landscapes. Places mentioned: Brussels and Paris.

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