Canal And Bridge Near A Northern Town With Cathedral. Signed Mascart. French School Of The 19th Century

Magnificent and large landscape of the 19th century representing houses bordering a canal and in the background a city with a cathedral. The canvas is very finely colored and very bright. In the background many details of a city with a cathedral. Distracted presence of small characters. The canvas which has been relined is in excellent condition in a sublime frame with canals. No restoration to be expected. The canvas is signed at the bottom right and the frame bears at the bottom center a small copper cartridge "Gustave Mascart 1834-1914". Gustave Mascart is a painter born in Valenciennes in the second part of the 19th century. His taste for topographical views led him to take particular care of his drawing which is of impeccable precision. His inspiration remains that of a man from the north, familiar with the cities crossed by the canals that line the facades of the houses. He began at the salon in 1880. His art extends that of the Dutch veduttists. A skillfully distributed blond light highlights the architecture. He also exhibited ports of the Channel. The museums of Saintes and Berney preserve his works. Very good references, dictionary of painters (Bénézit), the small masters of painting, dictionary of French painters of the 19th century. Dimensions of the canvas alone, 92 cm x 65 cm. A 30 Landscape. in its splendid frame, 110 cm x 82 cm.