ANTIQUE PAINTINGS, MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS, SNOWY ALPS, OIL ON BOARD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. (QP749)

(QP749) The antique paintings category, Mountain Landscape Paintings with snow, depicts a picturesque winter alpine landscape dominated by the Pointe Percée, a symbolic peak of the Aravis mountain range, located near Sallanches, in the Haute-Savoie department, France. This mountain massif, famous for its rocky profiles and snowy slopes, is one of the most iconic subjects of the French Alps. The painting is an oil on hardboard, a rigid support widely used in the 20th century by painters for its stability and excellent color rendering. In the foreground, a mountain hut appears half-buried in snow, immersed in a silent snowy plateau, while in the background, the peaks of the Pointe Percée stand out, illuminated by a warm pinkish light typical of dawn or sunset at high altitudes. The pictorial style is attributable to French Post-Impressionism, with measured brushstrokes, attention to natural light, and a poetic rendering of the alpine landscape. The subject fully reflects Quenard's strong connection with the French Alps and the Dauphiné-Savoia region. The mountain painting offered here is an oil painting on board, from the early 20th century. The work is an oil painting that features an original, contemporary carved and lacquered wooden frame. The painting is signed lower right Lucien Quenard (1902-1995), a French painter active mainly in the 20th century, best known for his mountain landscapes and Impressionist-Post-Impressionist paintings. Quenard is remembered as a painter of mountain landscapes, often depicting alpine scenes such as Mont Blanc, the snowy landscapes of the Western Alps, the Belledonne range, and other high mountain natural views. The frame and the painting have been carefully and professionally restored. YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/VnjX8nrOwzw *** Board dimensions: 90 x 50 cm Dimensions with frame: 105 x 65 cm Depth: 7 cm Weight: 2 Kg