Harvesting - 19th Century Pastel, Worker in Field Landscape by L A Lhermitte

View Similar Items

Tom Perkinson - "1940 - Number Nine" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Tom Perkinson - "Reflections in the Pond" Large Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Tom Perkinson - "Flat Lands" Original Landscape Mixed Media on Paper by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Tom Perkinson - "Plains Indian Camp" Lrg Original Mixed Media on Paper by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Tom Perkinson - "Spring Sassafras" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Tom Perkinson - "Collecting Cattails" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Tom Perkinson - "1940 - New Mexico Farmers" Orig. Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed

Henri Clamen - 1930's French Barbizon School View of a Chateau in a Park Landscape

Paul Fortis - Paul Fortis Windswept Trees Original Pastel

Michele Zalopany - Diver Michele Zalopany black white abstract cloud and water landscape painting

Michele Zalopany - Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting

Michele Zalopany - Temple by Michele Zalopany, Burmese temple charcoal and pastel landscape

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 14

Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Harvesting - 19th Century Pastel, Worker in Field Landscape by L A Lhermitte
c.1895

About the Item

A turn of the century pastel on board by Léon Augustin Lhermitte depicting the golden scene of the field at harvesting. Signed lower left circa 1895. Léon Augustin Lhermitte was the son of a school teacher. He painted from a very early age and settled in Paris in 1863, enrolling in the École Impériale de Dessin. His teacher was Lecocq de Boisboudran. In the early days of his career he earned a living doing illustrations for boxes of sweets and the catalogues of the cabinet-makers of the Faubourg St-Antoine, as well as publishing houses. In 1879 he went to Great Britain, to which he returned frequently. The same year he met the art dealer Paul Durant-Ruel who exhibited his works. He was one of the founders of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, of which he became vice-president. Lhermitte initially produced charcoal drawings which revealed his deep feeling for nature. His first attempt, Banks of the Marne near Alfort, caused a sensation. Following this he executed canvases, showing himself to be a fine landscape artist and a skilful draughtsman. He painted scenes from rural life almost exclusively and benefited from exceptional interest generated by the prizes awarded to the works of J. F. Millet. But although he was very much affected by the work of the painter of Angelus, he himself sought only the pictorial element and not a synthetic translation. Many other French masters of the period share his completely objective vision, for example Bastien Lepage, Roll, J. C. Cazin and Rafaelli. Like them, he put into practice very early on the technique of 'clear painting' made fashionable by the pursuit of Impressionism. But this group of artists borrowed from this method only those elements which appealed to public taste, and ignored chromatic elements. Lhermitte also paid the price for the easy success of those early days. His peasants, which found general favour with the public at the time, nowadays seem rather feeble alongside Camille Pissarro's renderings of the same subject. However, in order to pass judgement on an artist such as Lhermitte, it is necessary to understand the era in which he worked, the era in which Realism was the only acceptable approach. It was in the atmosphere of the 'Théâtre Libre' of Antoine and the novels of Maupassant, Zola and their imitators that this type of art developed. In this context, Lhermitte is recognised as having painted the life of the peasants with great powers of objective observation and great insight into types and physiognomies. Nothing escaped his implacable eye and his bold and vigorous hand was guided by a lucid mind. The simplest elements of nature take on an air of true grandeur in his painting, despite their romantic and sentimental aspects. He is highly regarded both in France and in other countries by art lovers who look for nothing more than an attractive subject expertly painted. Among his most noteworthy works, outside those in museums, are: Les Halles, Washing the Sheep, Haymaking Time, and his large decorative panel for the Sorbonne, Claude Bernard. He illustrated A. Thieuret's Rural Life (La Vie Rustique). He made his debut in 1864 in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français. He subsequently took part in numerous collective exhibitions, notably the Exposition Universelle of 1900, in which he showed seven paintings, three pastels and four drawings. His early works gained him a third-place medal in 1874, a second-place medal in 1880, and the Grand Prix at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He received a diploma of honour in Dresden in 1890 and was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur in 1884, promoted to Officier in 1884 and to Commandeur in 1911. He was elected to the Institut de France in 1905.

Creator:
Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925, French)
Creation Year:
c.1895
Dimensions:
Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)
Medium:
Pastel,Board
Movement & Style:
Barbizon School
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Very good condition.
Gallery Location:
Marlow, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: LFA01701stDibs: LU41534545392

More Ways To Browse

Antique Watercolour Paint Box

Antique Watercolour Paint Box Watercolour Paint

Antique Watercolor Paint Box

Barbizon Sheep

Harvest Circa 1890

Barbizon School Sheep

Antique Washing Board

Leon Augustin Lhermitte

Robin Artine Smith

Harvesting - 19th Century Pastel, Worker in Field Landscape by L A Lhermitte

View Similar Items

Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Harvesting - 19th Century Pastel, Worker in Field Landscape by L A Lhermitte
c.1895

About the Item