Alfred Swieykowski - Walk In The Snow - 1929 - Post-impressionnism

With brushstrokes in matter and removed, a white color expanse, broken by a few touches of olive green, browns or pale pink, the painter Alfred Swieykowski depicts the luminous beauty of a winter landscape. Trees, sheds, a fence, a garden, a frozen exterior, whitened by snow and animated by the single silhouette of a woman.
For Swieykowski, snow landscapes remind him of his childhood in Savoy and will be his favorite themes, for works that are the most appreciated by the painter's fans.

Alfred Swieykowski was born in 1869 and died in 1953 in Paris.
Of Russian-Polish father and Belgian mother, he was a student of Fernand Cormon at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
From 1894 to 1921, he appeared in the Salon des Artistes Français, obtaining an honorable mention in 1896 and another in 1900 for the Universal Exhibition.
From 1926 to 1943, he appeared at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, was a member and a member of the jury in 1927.
He was awarded a silver medal at the 1937 International Exhibition.
Work held at the Musée de Phoenix: "L'homme au panier". (source Bénézit)
A biography published by the Musée Fournaise retracing his life and work is available on the web: Catalogue Alfred Swieykowski (1869-1953)

Oil on strong cardboard, in perfect condition, signed "A Swieykowski" lower right, located and dated on the back "St Paul Hte-Savoie 1929".
Size :  13,2 x 16,5 Inches without frame and 19,2 x 22,5 Inches with its solid oak frame.