(QP709)
The category Antique Paintings, Landscape With River and Water Lilies, offers an Oil Painting On Canvas from the early twentieth century that depicts a natural landscape, a river scene immersed in nature, which conveys serenity. French School.
In the foreground, a body of water with water lilies, reflecting the vegetation and shades of green. The light filters gently through the leaves, creating a soft and natural chiaroscuro effect, and the water reflects the sun's rays and the shadows of the trees.
The antique artwork is signed in the lower left corner E. René His, a French painter, specializing particularly 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 as early as 1897.
He received awards: honorable mention in 1898, third-class medal in 1900, and also mention at the Exposition Universelle (1900). He is 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 with a beautiful gilded frame from the same period as the painting.
The frame and the antique canvas have been restored with care and professionalism.
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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
