Louis Cabié (1853-1939) Country Road Eyzies Sarlat Dordogne

Louis-Alexandre CABIÉ
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
A path on the heights of the countryside
Watercolor
H. 28 cm; L. 38 cm
Signed lower right, located, dated 1896

Louis Cabié, renowned artist in France and particularly in the Bordeaux region, even during his lifetime, traveled in the great southwest 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. Following his second marriage in 1894 in Les Eyzies in the Dordogne, Cabié repeatedly set up his easel on the banks of the Vézère which crosses the small historic town. It is here downstream from the town of Les Eyzies that the painter comes to stand, in a horizontal format emerging on the Vézère valley which must be after the curve marked by the path. The village of Campagne – opposite Saint Circq du Bugue, which Louis Cabié regularly represents – is embellished with a magnificent property owned by the Campagne family until 1970, when the last marquis ceded it to the State. We are looking for any work or any information relating to the artist to complete his biography as well as a catalog raisonné currently being compiled.