French school of the 19th century.

French school of the 19th century.
"Painter by the river".
Oil on canvas.
Measurements: 35,5 x 57 cm.

Painting of French school, stylistically located between the impressionism and the structural solidity cezanniana. In the foreground, a painter of back, seated before his easel, captures in his canvas the same scene that shapes our look: a rustic bridge, on which a solitary gendarme advances, and beyond, a group of whitewashed houses with tile roofs. Large trees with autumn leaves frame the composition. His vibrant brushstrokes capture the silvery light cast by the afternoon sky. The painting is framed in the French post-impressionist trends, using sober color games and a slow construction of volume, between impressionist transience and Cezannian solidity.