Oil On Canvas "the Charcoal Burners" By Jean-baptiste Georges Gassies

This oil on canvas depicting charcoal burners dates from the mid-19th century, it was made by Jean-Baptiste Georges Gassies. The work represents a couple of charcoal burners making charcoal. The woman is sitting on a pile of wood while the man handles the wood in order to transform it into charcoal. We can see two typical charcoal burner huts. We can also see several piles of wood. The artist's work is particularly appreciated for the smoke. The painting is dated 1859. Jean-Baptiste Georges Gassies was born in 1829 in Paris and died in 1919 in Montluçon. He is a French watercolor painter, very early he left his studio in Chailly en Brière to settle in Barbizon. For more information do not hesitate to contact us.