Charles Bernard

Charles Bernard - Signed & Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, View of Romanche River

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Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974), Oil on board. Alpine landscape in summer (Combloux). Signed lower right. Presented in an elegant gilt frame with floral and acanthus ornamentation at the corners...

Well presented in a dark wood frame with gilt slip. Signed. On board.

A charming mid 20th century French oil on board depicting a tranquil river landscape. Lovely quality atmospheric work in excellent original condition. Presented in a beautiful carve...

1930s French Impressionist Barbizon School oil on panel view of a river gorge by Georges Guerin (1910-1984). The painting is signed bottom right and also signed top left to the back of the board. The painting is also titled and dated to the back of the board, 'Gorges de la Bourne, Pont en Royans, Aout 1937.' A very charming view of a river passing through a gorge and leading to a sunlit and colourful rocky cliff face. Guerin has achieved a wonderful play between light and shade, bright and sombre colours making it at once classical in interpretation and yet also modern and abstract. His technique of thick impasto technique worked with a brush is especially successful and gives the paintings surface a charming quality. Guerin is noted for his landscapes as well as for his Paris street scenes and views of the Brittany coast. The Gorges de la Bourne or Bourne Gorge is a canyon at the bottom of which flows the River Bourne. It connects Pont-en-Royans to Villard-de-Lans in...