SIGNED AND DATED E.(RNEST) QUOST, 1880

ERNEST QUOST (FRENCH, 1832-1931) IS RECORDED AS A PAINTER OF STILL-LIVES AND LANDSCAPES. AFTER HIS DEBUT AT THE PARIS SALON IN 1866, HE WENT ON TO WIN MEDALS AT THE PARIS UNIVERSELLE EXPOSITIONS OF 1880, 1882, 1889, 1890 AND 1900; WAS MADE A CHEVALIER AND THEN AN OFFICIER OF THE LEGION D'HONNEUR IN 1883 AND 1903. IN 1878, QUOST WAS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN PAINTING PLAQUES DE FAIENCE AND IS RECORDED AT THE FIRMS MONTIGNY-SUR-LOING, SARREGUEMINES AND LONGWY.

HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF BOTH VAN GOGH AND CLAUDE MONET. VAN GOGH'S SENTIMENTS ARE RECORDED IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS BROTHER THEO, WHERE HE STATES, 'I WOULD WANT YOU TO OWN A QUOST. THERE IS PROBABLY A WAY TO DO AN EXCHANGE.' AND AGAIN IN ANOTHER LETTER HE ALLUDES TO QUOST'S WORK 'AUX ROSES DU PèRE QUOST'. SEE OLIVIER FANICA & GéRARD BOUé, CéRAMIQUE IMPRESSIONISTES & GRèS ART NOUVEAU, MONTIGNY-SUR-LOING ET MARLOTTE, 1872-1958, PARIS, 2005, PP. 159-163.