Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine impressionist landscape by the 19th century French painter Loouis Boulanger (1806-1867).
Oil on canvas 15"x21,3/4" 38cmx 55cm
The original giltwood frame: 22"x28" , 56cmx 72cm.
A fine plein air study of a stoney outcrop on the edge of a French village circa 1860. Boulanger was famous during his lifetime for his portraits of the intelligentsia of Paris society during the 19th century including Victor Hugo.
He was also a great follower of the early impressionist landscape painters this being a fine example of his work.
A well balanced composition and an intense study of afternoon light in a French landscape.
Signed lower right.
Provenance : Estate collection, Paris
Good condition.
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Louis Boulanger (11 March 1806, Vercelli, Piedmont - 5 March 1867, Dijon) was a French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator.
Life
He enrolled in 1821 at the École des beaux-arts where he attended the workshop of Guillaume Guillon Lethière and received a solid classical training. Next he made a présentation for the prix de Rome, in 1824, in which he finished logiste. He became the companion of Eugène Devéria...
Category
1860s Impressionist Merio Ameglio Art
