Reverie Large Canvas Signed Auguste Zwiller (1850-1839)

Reverie by Auguste ZWILLER (1850-1939).
Treated in the spirit of the works of Jean Jacques Henner, of whom Zwiller was an unconditional admirer, this beautiful oil on canvas of a large format, integrates as background, a landscape of the Sundgau region between Mulhouse and the Swiss border, ideal scene with these contrasts provided by the dark of the forests and the pale blue reflections of the sky in the ponds.
The objective of the artist's work here is the rendering of light on the different tones of the flesh in addition to the feelings of tranquility released by this evening atmosphere. Signed lower left A.Zwiller.

ZWILLER Augustus 1850-1939
Born in Didenheim, a small village in Alsace near Mulhouse. his name was actually Marie Augustin. he will be a pupil of G. Boulanger and J. Lefebvre at the Académie Julian.
He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French Artists from 1882, obtained numerous distinctions, Bronze Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, exhibited at the salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts of Strasbourg and that of the Friends of the Arts of Mulhouse , He moved to Neuilly, made a career in Paris and was recognized as a renowned portrait painter and a specialist in the nude.
Works at the Museums of Mulhouse, Strasbourg, Dijon, La Rochelle.