Lone Figure Walking at Sunset, French Barbizon Landscape Oil on Panel

Name: Lone Figure Walking at Sunset, French Barbizon Landscape Oil on Panel
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1065214
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Skippings Fine Arts

Description

A wonderful country scene: a woman is walking at sunset in a wide landscape which is imbued with almost magical light. The painting is a work by French artist Pierre-Ernest Ballue, who had studied painting under Alexandre Defaux, Émile Charles Dameron, and notably with Camille Corot.

Ballue regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon and was awarded several medals. In 1886, he was one of the artists who accompanied Auguste Bartholdi to the United States, to celebrate the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty.

Ballue worked in numerous regions of France, but our very interesting and relatively early work was most likely painted near Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau. It is dated 1891. Interestingly, a work by Ballue in the Museum of Tours dates from the same year! Paintings by the Ballue are in the collections of the Louvre and in the Musée Bertrand.

Our slightly convex oil on panel is signed and dated at the lower right. Measuring 21.5 x 41 cm, it is presented in its impressive original Napoleon III period frame. The overall dimensions are 66 x 47 x 10 cm

Physical Dimensions

Height

21.5cm (8.46")

Width

41cm (16.14")

Depth

1cm (0.39")

Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1065214

Dealers Notes

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Description

A wonderful country scene: a woman is walking at sunset in a wide landscape which is imbued with almost magical light.

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The painting is a work by French artist Pierre-Ernest Ballue, who had studied painting under Alexandre Defaux, Émile Charles Dameron, and notably with Camille Corot.

Skippings Fine Arts

fig 1. Lone figure walking at sunset, French Barbizon landscape oil on panel — fig 1. Lone Figure Walking at Sunset, French Barbizon Landscape Oil on Panel

Ballue regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon and was awarded several medals. In 1886, he was one of the artists who accompanied Auguste Bartholdi to the United States, to celebrate the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty.

fig 2. Lone figure walking at sunset, French Barbizon landscape oil on panel — fig 2. Lone Figure Walking at Sunset, French Barbizon Landscape Oil on Panel

Ballue worked in numerous regions of France, but our very interesting and relatively early work was most likely painted near Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau. It is dated 1891. Interestingly, a work by Ballue in the Museum of Tours dates from the same year! Paintings by the Ballue are in the collections of the Louvre and in the Musée Bertrand.

fig 3. Lone figure walking at sunset, French Barbizon landscape oil on panel — fig 3. Lone Figure Walking at Sunset, French Barbizon Landscape Oil on Panel

Our slightly convex oil on panel is signed and dated at the lower right. Measuring 21.5 x 41 cm, it is presented in its impressive original Napoleon III period frame. The overall dimensions are 66 x 47 x 10 cm