ANCO BILT Frame w/ Replica Canvas "A Girl with a Watering Can" by Auguste Remoir

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VINTAGE ANCO BILT Frame w/ Replica Canvas " A Girl with a Watering Can" by Auguste RemoirHere is a rare find having the best of both worlds. About the frame: ANCO BILT is a company that was started by Olaf Anderson in 1904. As the pictures outline, this frame is a 24" by 17" with the ANCO BILT stamp and dimensions. The value is in the frame's design as you notice it's 24" by 17" stretching boards constructed by the company's technology of the early 1900's.The Canvas Replica Painting: "A Girl with a Watering Can" by Auguste Remoir The Canvas is a Replica, but in my opinion it is one of the oldest due to the frame and wear Below is information about the original paintingThis painting has long been a favorite of visitors to the National Gallery of Art -- and it seems that Renoir painted it with exactly this hope, that it would please a large audience. The first impressionist exhibition, in 1874, had brought Renoir and his fellow artists more notoriety than business, and the auction he optimistically organized for his own work the following year was a financial disaster. Unlike Cassatt, who had family wealth, Renoir, the son of a tailor, was in a constant struggle for money in his early career. He began to paint charming, light-filled scenes with women and children, like this one, in the hopes of increasing sales. He probably thought read more

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