Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau - 19th Century Landscape

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Jacques Alfred Brielman
Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau - 19th Century Landscape
1866

About the Item

Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau (Cattle in a Spring Landscape near a Chateau) Original Signed Barbizon Oil Painting on Canvas, c. 1866 Jacques Alfred Brielman (1836-1892) Jacques Alfred Brielman was born on April 7, 1834 in Paris, France. He was an early pupil of Eugène Lavieille. Brielman exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon from 1866 to 1891. His paintings were well-received by the public and critics. He was awarded a medal at the Salon of 1882. At the World’s Fair of 1889, Jacques Alfred Brielman was honored with a Bronze Medal. Besides his frequent public exhibitions, Brielman was frequently awarded public art commissions, such as works produced for the Port of Sainte Nazaire and Le Havre, France. The Department of Commerce of the Loire honored him, as did Le Seine Ministry of Public Works. In early nineteenth-century France, landscape painting was narrowly circumscribed by an aesthetic code upheld by the conservative French Academy. Painters and sculptors were rigorously trained in the Neoclassical tradition to emulate artists of the Renaissance and classical antiquity. In the hierarchy of historical subjects recognized by the Academy, pure landscape painting was not a privilege. At the time, young artists were flocking to the Louvre to study seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish landscapes, a naturalist tradition long practiced in the Netherlands. The exhibition of John Constable’s pictures at the Paris Salon of 1824 further set the stage for this new genre in France. In warm weather, artists now ventured outside Paris to work from nature, traveling to the royal parks of Saint-Cloud and Versailles and to more far-flung areas of the country. No destination was more popular than the Forest of Fontainebleau. Once the unmapped preserve of kings and their royal hunting parties (given the proximity of the hunting lodge turned Château de Fontainebleau), the Forest of Fontainebleau became a sanctuary for the growing leisure classes, for whom a train ride from Paris was an easy jaunt. It was to one of those villages, Barbizon, that artists journeyed beginning in the 1820’s These pioneering painters of nature came to be called the "Barbizon School." The “Barbizon School” of artists were so named due to their work outdoors in the area of France near the village of Barbizon, in the vicinity of the Fontainebleau forest. They chose to paint en plein aire, i.e., outdoors, away from the studio, in the “real world” of forests, fields, farms and countryside. The Barbizon School, inspired by the example of the English painter John Constable, represented a return to nature and a firm rejection of what they saw as the dangers of oncoming industrialization. The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form, as witnessed today in "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau." Among this group were found Jean-Francois Millet, Theodore Rousseau, Jacques Alfred Brielman, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, and many other painters of renown. . Jacques Alfred Brielman, like his contemporaries, tended to eschew the formal salon portraits in favor of moody landscapes and serene woodland settings such as seen here in today's painting, "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau." The work of Jacques Alfred Brielman was quite popular in his day, as the Barbizon Movement continued to flourish, prior to the major upheaval of the Impressionist upset. Barbizon was more than just a place; it was an encompassing motif. The artists of the Barbizon School showed us the rapidly disappearing rural path to painterly “truth” well before the Impressionists trod the same forest and fields, carrying with them their factory-made satchels with metallic tubes of new pigments and their modern ways of seeing. Landscape painting was no longer subservient to history painting. It was history in the making. Please take the time to inspect "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau." closely. It is truly a lovely and remarkable fine Barbizon oil painting, displaying Jacques Alfred Brielman working at the height of his powers. "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau" is in superb spotless condition, featuring an early relining. The viewer observes a charming verdant spring landscape, with a stately chateau in the distant middle ground. A placid herd of grazing cattle complete the scene. The luminous sky is truly reminiscent of the paintings of John Constable. The Barbizon paintings of Jacques Alfred Brielman have remained extremely popular and sought-after, with a consistant rise in sales prices. Brielman's Barbizon paintings have been offered by the world’s leading auctions houses, including Sotheby’s, Bonhams, Aguttes, and the like. Just few examples include: Les Vaches Au Pâturage Cerf buvant dans un étang Le moulin au bord de la rivière, and numerous others. Prices at auction for the works of Jacques Alfred Brielman have surpassed the $30,000 level. Several examples: Canards sur la rivière brought $22,000 Homme de bateau sold for $12, 600. Le Moulin Au Bord De La Rivière brought $8,972 USD, etc. "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau" measures 38 1/4 inches x 28 inches in original antique gilt frame, and 27 5/8 inches x 17 inches unframed. Note also the beautiful original French Second Empire antique gilt frame. It is itself an object of great beauty, featuring a classical frieze of palmettos, an outer border of acanthus leaves and an inner border of ribbon knots. "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau" is offered at an extremely minimal reserve, for an important Barbizon oil painting. Please pardon the flash of my camera, and my less-than-perfect photos. "Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau" is even more beautiful in person than the photos suggest. Please write with any questions or comments regarding Vaches dans un paysage de printemps près d'un chateau, and please inspect my other offerings. My main stock in trade are original antique oil paintings. I specialize in fine 18th through 20th century, Old Master and Orientalist paintings, in all price ranges. Please also visit my other paintings at johnbluebottlefineart

Creator:
Jacques Alfred Brielman (1836 - 1892, French)
Creation Year:
1866
Dimensions:
Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 38.25 in (97.16 cm)
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Barbizon School
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Arles, FR
Reference Number:
Seller: # 00151stDibs: LU79733515362