Eugene Vail (1857-1934) American, Oil on Canvas Still Life "The Quimper Virgin". Post-Impressionist oil painting presents a tabletop still life depicting a blue-and-white porcelain pitcher, a small ceramic figurine, and a single orange resting on a draped tablecloth. Signed lower left. Framed.

Overall Size: 19 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.
Sight Size: 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

Eugène Lawrence Vail (1857–1934) was a French-born American painter whose career bridged American and European art, and whose work is associated with the Impressionist and naturalist traditions. Born in Saint-Servan, France, to a French mother and American father, Vail initially studied mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology before pursuing art at the Art Students League in New York, where he studied with William Merritt Chase and J. Carroll Beckwith. He later studied in Paris and spent much of his career in France, particularly in Brittany and the coastal town of Étaples, where he painted fishermen, peasants, and maritime scenes with a strong sense of atmosphere and natural light. Vail also traveled widely, producing atmospheric views of Venice that reveal an increasingly Impressionistic approach to color and light. His works were exhibited in France and the United States, and today examples are held by institutions including the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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