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Robert Antoine Pinchon Paintings

French, 1886-1943
Robert Antoine Pinchon was a French painter born in Rouen on 1 July 1886, and one of the most distinctive voices of early 20th-century Normandy. Celebrated above all for his landscapes, river views, townscapes, and the changing skies of the Seine valley, Pinchon developed a vividly personal language rooted in direct observation and an instinctive, highly refined sense of colour. From a young age he embraced a bold, Fauve-inflected palette, yet he remained faithful to his own course and, unlike several of his contemporaries, did not move into Cubism. His art is consistently driven by light: shifting atmospheres, flashes of brightness on stone and water, and the heightened colour sensations of autumn and dusk. Pinchon’s most important works include a sustained series devoted to the Seine, often around Rouen, alongside numerous views of Haute-Normandie in which the landscape becomes a stage for chromatic experimentation. His paint handling, both energetic and controlled, allowed him to convey movement and weather with remarkable immediacy while maintaining a strong sense of structure. Claude Monet is said to have admired him as “an astonishing hand in the service of a surprising eye,” a remark that neatly captures the balance in Pinchon’s work between spontaneity and precision. Beyond his studio practice, Pinchon was an active cultural figure in Rouen’s artistic life. He was elected to the Académie de Rouen in 1932 and later became its President in 1941, recognition of his standing within the region. His life was also marked by the upheavals of his time: mobilised during the First World War, he was wounded at Berry-au-Bac during the Battle of the Marne and later taken prisoner in the course of the fighting around Verdun. Pinchon died on 9 January 1943 in Bois-Guillaume, near Rouen. Today, he is widely regarded as a leading Norman colourist of his generation, an artist who translated familiar places into radiant, ever-changing impressions, and whose rare figure studies offer a particularly intimate counterpoint to a body of work dominated by landscape and light.
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Artist: Robert Antoine Pinchon
La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

By Robert Antoine Pinchon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape circa 1908 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. This very fine large example was painted by Robert Pinchon around 1907...

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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Robert Antoine Pinchon Paintings

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Printemps sur la Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Printemps sur la Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

Printemps sur la Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

By Robert Antoine Pinchon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. This very fine large example depicts a view the River Seine near to Rouen in n...

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1920s Post-Impressionist Robert Antoine Pinchon Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Oil, River Landscape by Robert Pinchon
Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Oil, River Landscape by Robert Pinchon

Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Oil, River Landscape by Robert Pinchon

By Robert Antoine Pinchon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Fauvist signed oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the R...

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1920s Post-Impressionist Robert Antoine Pinchon Paintings

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La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

By Robert Antoine Pinchon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape c.1908 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the River Seine in Rouen, with Saint Catherine'...

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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Robert Antoine Pinchon Paintings

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Portrait of Geneviève Pinchon in a Hat, Early 20th Century
Portrait of Geneviève Pinchon in a Hat, Early 20th Century

Portrait of Geneviève Pinchon in a Hat, Early 20th Century

By Robert Antoine Pinchon

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Robert Antoine PINCHON (Rouen 1886 – Bois-Guillaume 1943) Portrait of Geneviève Pinchon in a Hat (believed to represent the artist’s daughter) Oil on canvas, 50 × 39 cm Unsigned ...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Robert Antoine Pinchon Paintings

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Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943)" Robert Antoine PINCHON (1886-1943), "Rouen, le pré-au-loup", oil on canvas, signed, Circa 1935, 58.5 x 71.5 ...

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