Adolphe Louis Castex Degrange (1840-1918), Oranges And Lemons

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1905 lower left. 38 x 55 cm.

Adolphe Louis Castex-Dégrange chose to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1853, where he attended classes taught by Vibert, Reignier, and later Louis Guy. Initially enrolled in the engraving department, he opted for floral design in order to become a textile designer. Castex-Dégrange exhibited at the Lyon Salon, then at the Paris Salon from 1870. He settled in the heart of the capital in 1876 where he worked as a decorative artist and, for three years, as a ceramist. He returned to Lyon in 1884 to succeed Reignier as professor of drawing and floral textile composition.