The staircase in the garden.
Superb oil on canvas, full of freshness.
Frame dimensions: 34 x 43 cm
Canvas dimensions: 24 x 33 cm
Renault Gaston Painter Fontenay-le Fleury (Yvelines), August 13, 1851 - November 17, 1933
He is a student of Bonnat and Bouguereau.
It debuted at the Salon of 1880; he is a member of the French Artists and exhibited his paintings of southern Algeria there in 1890
We know of this artist mythological scenes, scenes of sailors, orientalist scenes, "interior in Biskra", "alley in El Kantara", landscapes such as the banks of the Seine in Rueil, interior scenes, portraits of elegant women....
Among his works we cite: Camel and attatich, Young Arab girl at the entrance to a terrace, Biskra, Vieux Biskra Firmin Javel, in an article published in 1896 in Versailles Illustré, wrote: “Isn't it an enchantment to let oneself be transported to sunny Algeria with Le Campement by M. Gaston Renault, a young painter in the process of taking his place among our best oriental lists. »
CF The Painters of Algeria, Elisabeth Cazenave