Langres Walk in Blanchefontaine park.
Oil on canvas signed lower left, countersigned on the back of the canvas.
39,37 x 31,88 in
Certificate of authenticity.
Museums : Annecy , Calais , Casablanca , Chicago , Dijon , Langres , Luxeuil-Les-Bains , Montreal , New York , Paris , Saint-Etienne , Tourcoing , Troyes . Literature: Bénézit - Dictionnaire des petits maîtres de la peinture by Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne - "Jules rené Hervé un maître enchanteur de la peinture du 20ème siècle" by Bernard Masson - "Le haut du pavé de Langres" by Gérard Gueniot - Le peintre et l'animal en France au 19ème siècle by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier -
Jules René HERVE, Born in Langres ( Haute-Marne ) in 1887, Died in Langres in 1981
Painter of typical scenes, figures, portraits and landscapes.
A student of Fernand Cormon and Jules Adler, Jules René Hervé moved to Paris and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1910, where he was awarded a silver medal in 1914 and a gold medal in 1925. Jules René Hervé then divided his life between Paris and his hometown, painting its humble and picturesque events with a light brush, expert in small, vivid bursts of gray or ochre, portraits of its austere society with its monotonous, subdued existence - But Jules René Hervé is equally adept at capturing the lively atmosphere of Parisian life and its monuments, or the dancers in the foyer of the Opéra - Delicate feelings emanate from his finely observed compositions - Appreciated by amateurs in France and abroad, Jules René Hervé devoted himself to his art throughout his life -Jules René Hervé is considered "the last of the Impressionists".
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