Gaston Anglade, Landscapes, Corrèze, 1912, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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The Old Master Paintings category, Landscape with Hills and River, features an early 20th-century oil painting on canvas

depicting the … Read more The Old Master Paintings category, Landscape with Hills and River, features an early 20th-century oil painting on canvas

depicting the French moorland, immersed in a natural landscape of great charm and evocative beauty.

The scene depicts a typical hilly landscape of the French countryside, with extensive heather moors in bloom in shades of pink and purple,

crossed by a calm stream that reflects the warm light of the sky.

These landscape paintings depict the Corrèze valley bathed in a warm, golden light,

as the artist writes on the back of the painting: "Ses Bruyéres à Argentat - Corrèze".

The painting depicts flowering heather and conveys a sense of calm and contemplation given by the infinite horizon.

The work is dated 1912 and signed lower right: Gaston Anglade, French landscape painter.

Gaston Anglade (1854-1919) was born in Bordeaux. He was a French painter famous for his poetic landscapes of the French countryside,

particularly the moors, valleys, and rural views that form the core of his artistic output.

He began his professional career as a music professor in Bordeaux, but his passion for painting soon led him

to devote himself entirely to canvas.

Anglade was a student of Joseph Baudet (1824-1870) and Léon Germain Pelouse (1838-1891). During this period, he consolidated his

natural and painterly style, strongly influenced by his ability to capture the luminous atmospheres and subtle light effects typical of the French countryside.

Anglade exhibited regularly at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français, of which he was a member, participating in the Parisian art celebrations

and earning a place in the art scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The oil painting is housed in a beautiful late 19th-century gilded frame.

The frame and the antique canvas have been carefully and professionally restored.

Biography: Bénézit et Gérald Schurr & Pierre Cabanne, Dictionary of the Little Masters of Painting 1820-1920.

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Canvas size: 92 x 65.5 cm

Size with frame: 120.5 x 94.5 cm

Depth: 10 cm

Weight: 18 kg





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