Horace Richebé (1871-1958), Provençal Painting

Exceptional painting by Horace RichebéImportant Provençal painter born in Algiers in 1871Studies at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille where he married and ended his life in Nice in 1958medalist of numerous competitions, notably the Salon des Artistes in Paris where he obtained a gold medal in 1910It appears in numerous museums including the Musée D'OrsayOur large painting is quite exceptionalIt gives a pastoral, idyllic vision of the Aix countryside: a shepherd in the shade of an olive tree with his flock of sheep, in the distance in the background the mythical Sainte Victoire mountainThis representation full of gentleness, peaceful contrasts with the usual vision of the Saint Victoire, austere, wild and gives the painting a rare poetry and a unique charmGilded wooden frame (some chips)