Jules Gustave Leroy (1856 - 1921) - A Cat Family with a Wool Ball

Oil on mahagony panel.
Signed and dated lower left "J. Le Roy/ 1909".
Dimensions frame included. Dimensions without frame : 73 x 60 cm.
In good condition.
France. 
20th century.

Animal painter Jules Gustave Leroy specialized in the cats paintings. His quality works are required by the art lovers. The La Piscine art museum in Roubaix has one painting A Cat on a Dresser, oil on panel, dated 1900 (legacy of Henri Selosse).

Bibliography : E. Bénézit; Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Gründ 1999