Bidspirit auction | Paul-François Louchet, France (1854-1936), lush

Paul-François Louchet, France (1854-1936), lush summer impressionist landscape, oil on board, 9 1/4”H x 12 1/4”W(sight), 14 1/4”H x 17 3/4”W(frame) - Paul-François Louchet France (1854-1936) lush summer impressionist landscape oil on board Signed lower left and verso. Biography from the Archives of askART Paul Louchet is a painter of winter, russet twilights, snow and cold weather. As Harpignies (his teacher, along with J. Lefebvre), he likes the forest and dissects patiently the essence of the trees, the contours of the rocks. As Corot, his sensitivity transposes the thousand iridescent variations of the light. In his youth, Paul Louchet was not attracted by painting but by ornamental art. Friend of René Lalique, Daum and Jajorelle, he acquired a certain fame in the technique of engraving and became president of the bronze manufacturers' syndicate. Environmentalist before the term was ever invented, Paul Louchet, who was the mayor of the small city of Herblay, in Seine-Et-Oise, made virulent protests, with a lawsuit thrown in (lawsuit that he lost), against the dumping of the Parisian sewers in the prairie of Achères. The typhoid epidemic that resulted would kill his 15 year old daughter. Distressed, he abandoned his commercial business and administrative functions to find shelter in painting. Of his tête-à-tête with nature, some delicate and secret masterpieces emerged. They are all simply composed and bear the mark of a melancholic poetry: without any unnecessary glitter or pomposity, but with an exactness of touch and a deep sincerity in the art to harmonize the values of colors. Submitted by Jacob Frank, whose source is Renoir Fine Art Text translated from ”1820-1920, Les Petits Maîtres de la Peinture, Valeur de demai by Gérald Schurr. Published by Les Editions de l'Amateur. Volume 5, page 153-154 9 1/4”H x 12 1/4”W(sight), 14 1/4”H x 17 3/4”W(frame)