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Title: Winter River Landscape with Bare Tree Watercolor and Ink Signed 1985
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.5 x 7.25 inches
Signed and dated 1985 lower left
Condition: Good overall condition. Light age toning to the paper and minor handling marks to the edges, consistent with age. The painted surface remains sound, with no significant losses or damage visible.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: This atmospheric winter landscape by Pierre Neveu, dated 1975, depicts a bare tree leaning over a quiet river or flooded meadow, its fine branches stretching across the composition like calligraphic lines. Rendered in a restrained palette of soft greys, muted browns, and pale washes, the scene captures the stillness and clarity of the winter season.
Neveu’s confident ink work defines the tree’s structure, with long, delicate lines describing the movement of branches against an open sky. The watercolor is used sparingly, creating gentle tonal shifts in the background and water while allowing large areas of negative space to remain. This balance gives the work a calm, contemplative quality and draws attention to the elegance of the line itself.
A faint structure or riverbank element appears in the middle distance, anchoring the composition without interrupting its quiet mood. The simplicity of the scene highlights Neveu’s ability to suggest landscape and atmosphere with minimal means, a hallmark of his mature post-impressionist style.
Signed and dated, this is a refined and subtle example of Neveu’s landscape work from the mid-1970s. Its neutral tones and strong linear quality make it especially versatile for modern interiors, either as a standalone piece or paired with other river and tree studies from the same period.
- Creator:Pierre Neveu (1929)
- Creation Year:1985
- Dimensions:Height: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Width: 7.25 in (18.42 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317616322
Pierre Neveu
Pierre Neveu was born in Paris. He was a professor of Drawing. Some of his exhibits include Invite d'honneur, Salon de Margency (1998); Nolan-Rankin Galleries Houston, Texas (1997); Kulturklub des Europäischen Patentamt Munich (1987); Beernau Foret-Noir (1985); and Marie de Tour-sur-Marne, Champagne (1983).
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