Henri Jamet (1858-1940) Bridge And Mill In Creuse Or Berry. School Of Crozant, Gargilesse, Detroy

3rd watercolor gouache out of 3 by Henri Jamet, this one represents a mill near a bridge in Creuse or Berry animated by a character, signed and dedicated "with my respectful memories to Mrs. Foucher" at the bottom left. Format of the watercolor alone at sight 24x32cm and 41x49cm frame included. I have returned 3 watercolors by Henri Jamet, go see my other ads, one sold and a second still available. This one therefore represents an animated landscape with a bridge and mill near a village, most likely in Creuse or Berry in the vicinity of Gargilesse, I have not yet identified the place, but it should be easy for connoisseurs of the area. Its composition is perfect, worthy of the great watercolorist that he was, probably his favorite technique thanks to which his great talent was perceived and recognized. Superb charcoal drawing that he then colors with ochres, browns, sky blue and a few touches of soft green and highlights of white gouache. Because Henri Jamet is today one of the 10 best painters of the Crozant school, and of the 3 most famous artists of the village of Gargilesse alongside Detroy and Allan Osterlind, since he will live there a large part of his life, just opposite the castle. Henri Pierre Jamet born in Gien (Loiret) on September 25, 1858 and died in Gargilesse (Indre) on October 17, 1940 is the student of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des beaux-arts de Paris, then of Henri Harpignies and Albert Maignan. Henri Jamet's artistic career took place mainly between Montmartre and Gargilesse, where he and his wife Marie Mahout—also a painter—had a house and a secondary studio. In turn a decorator, a landscaper with a particular fondness for the Creuse Valley, but also a still life artist and a skilled portraitist, he appears above all as a master of genre painting. He is notably responsible for several Berry Interiors. A member of the French Artists Association, he was awarded numerous prizes at the various exhibitions in which he participated, both in Paris and in the provinces. In particular, he won a bronze medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition for A Family of Weavers and The Widow's Garden. He is represented in several French museums (in Paris at the Petit Palais, Auxerre, Châteauroux, La Châtre, Bourges, Orléans) and in Russia (former Roumiantsev Museum in Moscow, current location unknown). He participated in the decoration of the Charbonnière castle in Saint-Jean-de-Braye and that of the Montrouge town hall. The decorative panels he had made for the Saint-Pierre church in Gien were declared destroyed during the bombings of 1940. According to the newspaper "Le Giennois" of March 15, 1941, two of them - to this day not located - could however have been removed from the ruins of the church "without being too damaged". Henri Jamet is the father of Pierre Jamet (1893-1991) and the grandfather of Marie-Claire Jamet, (born in 1933), both internationally renowned harpists. He is also the father of Charles Jamet, cellist, and the grandfather of Lucien Jamet, painter and ceramist. He is the great-grandfather of Jean-François Jamet and Eric Jamet (1957-2019). He died in Gargilesse on October 17, 1940. For information, there is an excellent book dedicated to Henri Jamet produced by Christian Jamet and Jean-Marc Ferrer at the "les Ardents éditeurs" editions in Limoges, a book that accompanied very beautiful exhibitions at the museums of the Creuse Valley in Eguzon and Gien. (you can get it on the publisher's website or in any good bookstore.) This watercolor is in perfect condition, delivered in a modern gold baguette, Work guaranteed authentic