Charles Bichet (1863-1929) "limousin Landscape In 1893" Bichet Is 30 Years Old! Crozant School, Jouhaud

New work by Charles Théodore Bichet, this time a very rare watercolor from his youth, he was 30 years old when he painted this Limousin landscape in the vicinity of Châteauponsac in 1893, signed and dated lower right. Size of the watercolor alone at sight 20x29cm and 31x43cm frame included. It is therefore a rare watercolor by Charles Bichet because it was made in 1893 when he was only 30 years old, he had just started his job as a drawing teacher at the School of Fine Arts in Limoges. At that time he made a lot of watercolors that he painted in the vicinity of Limoges, here in Châteauponsac, moreover as documentation I attach in the last photo another watercolor on Châteauponsac made a year later, watercolor exhibited and reproduced in the book published by the Ardents Editeurs in Limoges. Bichet does not yet have his Fauve style that we know, but we already notice a rapprochement with the neighboring painters of the Crozant school. I no longer present Bichet, one of the most important painters of Limoges with his friend Eugène Alluaud and his son-in-law Léon Jouhaud to whom he gave his first lessons; he is of course also part of the Crozant school, since he will go and set up his easel on the banks of the Creuse, often near Anzême, but his favorite places will remain the surroundings of Limoges, as well as Eymoutiers, or Corrèze, but also La Rochelle and Paris where he was born. Bichet will finally be an excellent painter of still lifes as well as portraits, in short a complete painter who stuck to his time; It has sometimes been said that he was a follower of talent, but this was not the case, because we now know that he produced Fauvist works from 1902/1904, therefore in the middle of Fauvism and therefore at the same period as Vlaminck, Valtat, Dufy, Matisse etc... However, despite some fine sales results sometimes exceeding €4,000 or even €10,000 for some portraits, his rating is still very low compared to the quality of his production. For the record, during an exhibition in Limoges where Bichet shared the exhibition space with Armand Guillaumin, the latter could not help but say the greatest good of Bichet's pastels, a remark that will be more than noted and will be a landmark, as it was known that the master of Creuse was very sparing with compliments, especially towards his fellow painters... Charles Théodore Antoine Bichet was born on December 15, 1863 in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. He was a student of Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard at the École des arts décoratifs in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des artistes français in particular in 1903, 1904 and 1905. In 1884, he began teaching drawing in the schools of the City of Paris, then he came to live in Limoges where he was also a drawing teacher, he taught many students, some of whom also became painters such as Marcel Merguiller who wrote a book on his master which is now a reference (I am also selling 2 gouaches by Merguiller, do not hesitate to ask me for photos). Painter and watercolorist at first classical, he then turned to post-impressionism and Fauvism from 1902/1903. Charles-Théodore Bichet died on March 28, 1929 in Limoges. Watercolor in perfect condition for its 130 years, delivered in a modern baguette Work guaranteed authentic