Foreau (henri-louis) - Hsp Signed: Bords De Rivière Animée De Barques.

FOREAU (Henri-Louis). [Oil on panel, signed] Banks of the river animated by boats. Dimensions: 343 x 258 mm + frame. Nice composition signed in lower right margin H. [Henri-Louis] Foreau. '' Landscape and genre painter born in 1866 and died in 1938 in Paris. Member of French Artists since 1888, he has obtained several distinctions and medals. Student of Jules Lefebvre, Henry Lévy and Louis-Olivier Merson. He also received advice from Henri Harpignies. He was a member of the Committee and the Jury of this group. Represented in several museums as well as in private collections. '' (In Bénézit). Presented under an imposing frame called Barbizon in wood and gilded stucco. Bénézit IV, Dictionary of painters, p. 435. Light cleaning to be expected. Small scattered chips affecting the frame; which also has important shortcomings.