The Ancient Paintings category, Landscape With River and Water Lilies, offers an Oil Painting On Canvas from the early 20th century that depicts a natural landscape, a river scene immersed in nature, conveying serenity. French School.
In the foreground, a body of water with water lilies reflects the vegetation and green tones.
The light filters delicately through the branches, creating a soft and natural chiaroscuro effect, and the water reflects the sun's rays and the shadows of the trees.
The antique work is signed in the lower left by E. René His, a French painter, specializing primarily in landscapes: woods, riverbanks, ponds, watercourses.
René Charles Edmond His (1877-1960) was born in Colombes near Paris and studied under academic masters: Jules Lefebvre, Henri Biva, Tony Robert-Fleury, and Léon Tanzi. He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1897.
He received recognition: honorable mention in 1898, third-class medal in 1900, and also honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle (1900). He is positioned closer to the academic and naturalistic tradition than to Impressionism or avant-garde movements.
Some museums that hold his works: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Musée Boucher de Perthes (Abbeville), Musée de Cahors, Musée de Charleville, Musée de Constantine, Musée de Senlis.
The oil painting is presented in a beautiful gilded frame from the same period as the painting.
The frame and the antique canvas have been carefully and professionally restored.
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Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs.
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Bisgart Collection
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Canvas size: 114 x 87 cm
Size with frame: 128 x 101.5 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Weight: 9 Kg
