Albert Lebourg was an Impressionist and landscape painter. He was born in Montfort-sur-Risle and he initially studied at Évreux Lycée. Lebourg entered the École des Beaux-Arts of Rouen at a young age, also studying at L'Academie de Peinture et de Dessins in Rouen. Afterward, the artist was briefly a student of Jean-Paul Laurens.
In 1876, Lebourg exhibited his works for the first time together with Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and other artists on the Boulevard Montmartre. Lebourg also taught drawing for five years at the École supérieure des beaux-arts in Algiers. In 1878, he returned to France and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens; he exhibited with the Impressionists in 1879 and 1880, and at the Salon from 1883 to 1895. Lebourg painted mainly in Auvergne, in Normandy, and along the banks of the Seine; he also traveled to England in 1900, Switzerland in 1902, and Belgium in 1907.
While Lebourg’s works show the influence of the Impressionists, they are imbued with a strong sense of structure and design, apparent even in his most atmospheric scenes. His pictures were very popular with his contemporaries, and several solo exhibitions were held in Paris during his lifetime. In the fourth Impressionist exhibition of 1879 Lebourg exhibited 30 works with Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas, presenting paintings and drawings executed in Algiers.
In the fifth Impressionist exhibition of 1880 Lebourg exhibited 20 works depicting Rouen, Paris and Algiers. In 1883 he was admitted to the Salon (Paris) with his work entitled Matinée à Dieppe. In 1887 he exhibited at the acclaimed Les XX exhibition, with Walter Sickert, Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot and Georges-Pierre Seurat, with Seurat and Signac present at the opening.
Lebourg painted in all four seasons, animated scenes of the Seine in and near Rouen and Paris. He painted in Auvergne, Normandy and Île-de-France, finally settling in Puteaux where he remained from 1888 to 1895, availing himself of the surroundings of Paris, painting what he would regard as his best works.
"I will paint often at the banks of the Seine: Nanterre, Rueil, Chatou, Bougival, Port-Marly,” wrote Lebourg at the time. “These are a source of themes and very beautiful landscapes.”
Lebourg became a member of the Société des Artistes Français beginning in 1893. He moved to the Netherlands in 1895, where he would stay two years. Lebourg exhibited to great acclaim at the Mancini Gallery in Paris and won the silver medal at the “Exposition Universelle” (1900). In 1903 a retrospective exhibition was organized presenting 111 works at the Galerie Rosenberg, the art gallery of Paul Rosenberg at 21 rue de la Boétie in Paris. While his fame was firmly established by 1910, he continued exhibiting annually at the Salon. In 1918 another retrospective was organized in Paris.
At the home of Impressionist art collector François Depeaux (1853–1920), Lebourg had the opportunity to converse many times with Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and Robert Antoine Pinchon (an artist who greatly admired him).
In November of 1909, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen opened a show with 52 paintings: thirteen by Lebourg, three by Monet, nine by Sisley, one by Renoir, three by Armand Guillaumin, five by Joseph Delattre, two by Charles Frechon and four by Robert Antoine Pinchon. In 1918, in the same museum, Lebourg was represented along with Bonnard, Boudin, Camoin, Cross, Guillaumin, Luce, Matisse, Monet, Signac and Vuillard and Pinchon.
The artist suffered a stroke in September of 1920 that paralyzed the left side of his body. He nevertheless remarried in February of 1921. A catalogue raisonné was organized that year that included 2,137 works and was released in 1923. It garnered united praise by the press.
Lebourg was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour on June 27th, 1903, and breveted Officer of the Legion of Honour on April 22nd, 1924. He died in Rouen on January 7th, 1928. Lebourg's works are exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay, Petit-Palais, Musée du Jeu de Paume and Carnavalet in Paris, as well as museums in Bayonne, Clermont-Ferrand, Le Havre, Dunkerque, Lille, Strasbourg, Sceaux and above all Rouen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (François Depeaux collection).
Internationally Lebourg’s work is represented in several museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo.
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Albert Lebourg: Rouen: La Seine, La Côte Sainte-Catherine, et
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Located in Dallas, TX
Albert Lebourg (French, 1849-1928) Rouen: La Seine, La Côte Sainte-Catherine, et L'Ile Lacroix, en Hiver signed 'A. Lebourg' (lower left); attributed on a presentation plaque; with t...
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Le Bac De La Bouille
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Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 26.75 x 30.5 inches Framed size: 36 x 39 inches Signed lower left
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Albert Lebourg La Seine En Face D'Ivry. Soleil Couchant
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H 15 in W 21 in
"Stone Wall, Autumn, " George Smillie, Tonalist Fall Landscape View
By George Henry Smillie
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H 44.89 in W 57.49 in
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Vintage Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Landscape in the Irish Countryside
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"Olive Orchard (Croatia)" Oil painting
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H 39.38 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
Ocean Whispers - abstract art underwater nude human figurative painting
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The Boat in Martigues, France
By Marie-Anne Nivoulies de Pierrefort
Located in London, GB
'The Boat in Martigues', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Martigues is a small port town just northwest of Marseille in the South of France. Its nickname is the Provençal Venice. Further eastward down the coast is the town of Toulon where the artist was born in 1879. Nivouliès depicts a charming sailboat tied to the small pier yet with an unfurled sail. It looks to be a wondrous day along the Mediterranean, the kind we can always dream about. The painting is over one hundred years old and is in fair condition, yet recently brought back to life by an art restoration professional. Elegantly framed, it is stabilised now for decades into the future. Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video may be provided of the artwork. About the Artist: Although she was a direct descendant of the counts of de Pierrefort, Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort's (1879-1968) family was very poor. In spite of the poverty, Pierrefort attended a Catholic school run by nuns, obtaining a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts of Paris. While still a student, she attended workshops of great Impressionist masters such as Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). In 1910 she won a travel award from the school and traveled to Tunisia where she painted several Mediterranean landscapes. In 1938 the painter moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she painted the beautiful landscapes seen from her window. In Rio, Pierrefort had two individual exhibitions, both at the National Museum of Fine Arts, in the years 1946 and 1956. Although widowed in 1944, Pierrefort decided not to return to France until 1950. She remained there until 1959 when she definitively returned to Brazil. Her atelier in the neighbourhood of Glória was frequented by many emerging artists who learned the techniques of impressionism from her. Afterwards, Pierrefort painted for almost a decade in Brazil until she passed away in 1968 in Rio. After her death, many canvases were found in her studio but had been damaged or destroyed by humidity and by the intervention of her many cats. The painter Sergio Telles...
Canvas, Oil
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H 17.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.8 in
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Canvas, Linen, Oil
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H 20 in W 12.5 in D 0.8 in
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H 15.25 in W 22.25 in D 1.75 in
“Lever de soleil à Tourville-la-Riviere” Impressionist French Landscape Painting
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Oil, Canvas
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H 17.5 in W 22 in
Vue de Rouen - 1918 - Impressionist Oil, Riverscape by Albert Charles Lebourg
By Albert Lebourg
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Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Sailing Boats in Mist on the Seine , 1910
By Albert Lebourg
Located in West Sussex, GB
Albert Lebourg (1849–1928) French Sailing Boats in Mist on the Seine Oil on canvas: 27 x 39 in. Frame size; 36 x 48 in. signed & dated 1910. Albert Lebourg was born 1849 at Montfort-sur- Risle. He first studied architecture and through his teacher M. Drouin, he met Victor Delamarre a local landscape artist who introduced Lebourg to painting. He attended M. Morin’s evening classes at Rouen’s School of art and design and continued to paint and draw while still working in an architects’ practice. In 1872 one of his paintings exhibited in Rouen attracted the attention of the collector Laperlier, who found Lebourg a position as an art teacher in Algeria. In 1877 he returned to Paris and studied under Jean-Paul Laurens for two years. His friend Dr Paulin encouraged him to explore the Auvergne in 1885-1886. From then until the mid- 1890’s he moved around the Ile de France, Normandy and the Channel ports. His balcony...
Oil
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H 18 in W 29 in
Rouen - Hiver - 19th Century Oil, Snowy Winter Landscape by Albert Lebourg
By Albert Lebourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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Canvas, Oil
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H 15 in W 24 in
On the Seine - 19th Century Oil, Figures & Trees by River Landscape by A Lebourg
By Albert Lebourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Oil on canvas circa 1895. Signed lower right. Framed dimensions are 23.5 high by 32.5 wide. Albert Lebourg (French, 1849–1928) was an Impressionist and landscape painter. Born in Mo...
Canvas, Oil
Spring on River Seine
By Albert Lebourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A good sized categorically brilliant oil on panel, highly expressive picture depicting the Seine in spring. Great feature to this bright piece. 1895, Signed lower left. Expertised an...
Oil, Panel