Léon Gaud

Village in the Geneva countryside

1873

Work on wood Beige wooden frame 51 x 59 x 6 cm

Work on canvas Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 49 x 39 x 6 cm

Work on wood

Work on canvas

Théophile Clément BLANCHARD 1820 - 1849 Oil on canvas 27 x 40 cm (45 x 58 cm with the frame) Signed lower right "Blanchard" Very nice 19th century gilded wooden frame French painter, lithographer and illustrator, Théophile Clément Blanchard is part of of those painters of the romantic era who represented picturesque views of France like Alexis Daligé de Fontenay or Eugène Cicéri. These painters traveled a lot and sought out picturesque sites, particularly in Normandy, Brittany, Switzerland and the Pyrenees. Blanchard participated in the illustration of “Picturesque and Romantic Travels in the Old France”. But the works of this romantic painter are rare because Blanchard died very young at twenty-nine year old ! We still know of him, in particular, a view of Bugey (dated 1846) which is at the Louvre Museum and a “Delicious Landscape” (from the 1840s) at the Salies museum at Bagnères de Bigorre...

French Impressionist 'en plein air' original painting by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on thin board, unframed stamped verso painting: 4.5 x 7 inches A delightful original...

Georgina Lara British, (fl. 1862-1871) Bustling Village Life Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size including frame: 25.5 inches x 35.5 inches A charming village scene with figures, horses and other animals congregating around a village square. To the far left, a hay cart is being unloaded as children play marbles in the foreground. Meanwhile, figures on horseback wait their turn by a horse trough in front of villagers sat at a table. To the right, a wagon and horses are shown entering the village passing a group of figures and horses outside a thatched cottage. To the far right, an elderly couple sit on a log watching on as children buy apples from a seller. Georgina Lara also known as Edwina Lara was a London painter of rustic farmyard and village scenes. Her work also closely resembles that of Edward Masters...

Pierre Edouard FRERE Paris, 1819 - Ecouen, 1886 Oil on paper on canvas Signed lower left "Ed. Fr" 24.5 x 33 cm (32 x 39 cm with the frame) Beautiful 19th century frame with canes and...