Gustave Madelain (1867 - 1944) - Busy Street In Paris Around 1920

Gustave Madelain (1867 - 1944)

Oil on canvas depicting a lively view of Parisian life at the entrance to Rue du Figuier at the foot of the Hotel de Sens in the 4th arrondissement in Paris.
Now the Forney Library, a place dedicated to fine arts, crafts and their techniques, applied arts and decorative arts since April 7, 1961.

The colors on a background of nuanced ochres are highlighted by touches of pure colors that bring a beautiful depth to this view of Paris in the 1920s.

Dimensions without frame: 73 x 50 centimeters
With the frame the dimensions: 88 x 67 centimeters.

Biography:

 Gustave Madelain was born in Aisne in 1867. It was from 1907, when he exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Indépendants, that his reputation as a post-impressionist painter began to be established. His paintings are true testimonies of daily life in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. He seems to have followed the course of the Seine to feed his imagination, because his main works show views of Paris, Rouen or Le Havre. He excelled in painting street life and markets, and in his views of the bridges and banks of the Seine.