Louis Cabié (1853-1939) Landscape Of The Heights Of Eymoutiers Haute-vienne

Louis-Alexandre CABIÉ
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
Landscape in the heights of Eymoutiers
Oil on canvas
H. 33 cm; L. 49 cm
Signed lower left, dated 1913
Provenance: Private collection, Bordeaux

Louis Cabié, renowned artist in France and particularly in the Bordeaux region, even during his lifetime, circulated in the great south-west throughout his life. Pupil of Harpignies whose passion for vegetation is found in the style of the Barbizon school, he will transcribe until his death the simplicity of the picturesque French landscapes. Spectacular trees, forest atmospheres, places steeped in history, bewitching valleys, or even a landscape in its simplest form that it will know how to raise with a vital contrast.

The heights of Eymoutiers in Haute-Vienne are regularly represented by Cabié, with landscapes of hilly heather, and often a small path lined with oak trees. Our canvas is part of this series that we see from 1912 to 1921. It was therefore in 1913, certainly during his first visits to Eymoutiers, that the painter produced this eventful canvas in which he placed many colours. The hills in the background, dewy with flowering heather, stand out against a cloud-laden sky. Behind the path near which Cabié places his easel, appear some slate roofs of this village of Haute-Vienne.