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"Georges Gonthier, Sunset Over The Countryside, Oil On Cardboard"

Georges GONTHIER 
(Condé-sur-Escaut1886-1969 Le Havre)
Sunset over the countryside
oil on board
10 x 17 cm ; 21,5 x 28 cm (framed)
signed ‘G. Gonthier' lower right
some stains on the varnish, visible on the photograph

Selective bibliography:
Bénézit, Paris, Ernest Gründ Editeur

Further information:

Georges Gonthier was trained by Fortuné Layraud, winner of the Prix de Rome.
de Rome, pursued a career as an art teacher, specialising in landscape painting.
landscape painting. In 1907, he became a drawing teacher in Fécamp, before moving to Le Havre in
Le Havre in 1914, where he taught at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts from
from 1924. His works mainly depict landscapes of the North, Brittany
Savoie and the area around Le Havre.


Our painting immortalises a sunset over the countryside
countryside, highlighting a chromatic work that gives all its intensity to the sky
intensity to the sky, adorned with clouds of pink and orange hues, reminiscent of the
impressionist movement.


From 1924 onwards, Gonthier exhibited regularly in Paris,
notably at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des
Artistes Indépendants. 


A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the
Museum of Modern Art in Le Havre

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