Simon Saint-Jean (1808–1860) French, Oil on Canvas Still Life with Fruit Basket. Lush still life oil painting by Simon Saint-Jean, dated 1855, featuring an abundant arrangement of grapes, peaches, and figs on a marble ledge within a classic gilded frame. Signed lower right, dated 1838. Framed.

Overall Size: 27 x 31 x 1 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 20 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.

Simon Saint-Jean (1808–1860) was a French painter best known for his finely detailed still lifes of flowers, a genre in which he became one of the leading artists of the Lyon School. Born in Lyon, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts there and developed a reputation for exquisitely rendered floral compositions that combined scientific precision with decorative elegance. Saint-Jean regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon, where his work received considerable acclaim and several medals. His paintings often featured lush arrangements of roses, peonies, and other blossoms placed in elegant vases against dark or neutral backgrounds, emphasizing texture, color, and light. Celebrated during his lifetime, he was also appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, helping to influence a generation of painters working in still life and decorative floral painting.

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