"boats On The Lake", 19th Century By Richard Ranft (1862-1931) French Impressionist

"Bateaux Sur Le Lac", 19th Century

by Richard Ranft (1862-1931)

Large 19th Century French Impressionist summer river boating scene, oil on canvas by Richard Ranft. Excellent quality and condition summer boating scene of young women boating on the calm waters of the river. Signed and presented in a period frame.

Measurements: 37" x 29" framed approx

Provenance: Anon. sale, Phillips, London, 23 June 1986, lot 64. 
                     Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 29 October 1987, lot 199. $21,000
                      Property of a deceased estate, London

Artist Biography

Ranft started by studying in Geneva, where he was a student of Sordet, A. du Mont and Gustave Courbet, in Paris. It was there that he published colour engravings and posters. He lived and worked mainly in Coubert. Ranft was a member, in Paris, of the Salon de la Société des Beaux-Arts, and featured at the Salon des Indépendants. In 1910, he exhibited in Paris at the Galerie Chaine et Simonson. He was the author and illustrator of Mlle d'Orchair (A. Savine, 1892); The Famous Family ( L'illustre famille) (P. Ollendorf, 1913). He illustrated Scenes with Courtesans ( Scènes de courtisanes) by Lucien (Piazza, 1901), and Sonnets by Verlaine. He executed several engravings after Turner.
Bibliography

Osterwalder, Marcus (ed.): Dictionnaire des illustrateurs 1800-1914, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1989.