Eugène Bayet (1875-1937), Etang Des Chênes, 1901

Eugène BAYET (1875-1937)
Pond of the Oaks, 1901
Charcoal, graphite and white gouache highlights on paper
Bears the wet stamp of the studio in the lower right corner
Located and dated "1901" on the lower right
36 x 25 cm
SOLD WITHOUT FRAME
Provenance : former collection of Renée Cheylan-Soudan (1925-2020), active painter in Morestel (37), last disciple of François-Auguste Ravier.

Born in Villeurbanne in 1875, Eugène Bayet was one of the emulators and followers of the painter François-Auguste Ravier (1814-1895), later grouped together under the name of the Morestel School by an art historian from Grenoble. A renowned landscape painter, Ravier surveyed the Dauphiné countryside, seduced by the light of the landscapes around Morestel where he settled in 1867 until the end of his life in 1895. Ravier's lesson is evident in the drawing we propose, both in the "framing" and in the attention paid to the light.