ALFRED-GEORGES HOEN (French, 1869-1954). PINK AND YELLOW ROSE BOUQUET IN PAPER WRAP, signed upper right and inscribed, " To My Friends Zane(?) and Henry Thomas". Oil on canvas - Unframed: 15 in. x 18 in. Estimate $800-1,000
Alfred Georges Hoen studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he was a pupil of Gérôme. Hoen exhibited annually at the Salon des Artistes François from 1910 until 1954. He principally painted still lifes and seascapes. Later in his career he was a well-known society portrait painter in France and the United States.