John Peter Russel Watercolor Of The Island Of La Jatte

Rare and important watercolor and scraping representing the island of Jatte in Neuilly sur Seine near PARIS, the work is identified and signed at the bottom by the great artist John Peter Russel, Australian impressionist painter 1858 1930 His study companion is Van Gogh or Toulouse Lautrec ......, he paints with Monet ......, his wife is one of Rodin's models and he rubs shoulders with Matisse .... He is the greatest Australian impressionist painter, he paints many canvases in Belle Ile, and destroys a large part of them on the death of his wife, the works of the latter are "rare" on the market, many works are in private collections or in museums such as Orsay, Van Gogh maintains a correspondence and an attachment to Russel and his art the watercolor presented here is framed and measures 30 by 22