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Summer Landscape - Antique Oil Painting
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Summer Landscape - Antique Oil Painting

1900 - 1920
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Oil on canvas signed by Armand Apol - 1879-1950 - mounted in an attractive gilt frame. The painting show an summer landscape with a stream and pollarded trees.

Armand-Adrien-Marie (Armand) Apol was a Belgian artist who was born in Brussels in 1879 and who died there in 1950. He was a Belgian painter, etcher and lithographer of Post-Impressionism. Education at the Academy in Brussels under C. Montald (1891-1901). Was a member of the Le Sillon circle from 1901. Mobilized in 1914 but sent home that same year due to illness. Captured by the occupying forces in 1915, he was sent to the Holzminden Camp, from where he was evacuated in 1916, perhaps for health reasons, to Switzerland, where he stayed as a 'free internee'. In Holzminden a number of pencil drawings and watercolours were created with camp life as the subject. Back in Belgium, he mainly gained fame with landscapes and navies. Gray tonalities dominated in his first works, but gradually his palette became more luministic. As an etcher he worked, among other things, on works by other painters, such as V. De Saedeleer. We can see his work in the Print Room in Brussels, in the Museums in Ixelles and Liège. He is mentioned in BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron)

Dimensions - 55 x 46 cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
46cm (18.11")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
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Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Landscape Oil Painting to the 1920s.

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SA1104676
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Oil on canvas signed by Armand Apol - 1879-1950 - mounted in an attractive gilt frame. The painting show an summer landscape with a stream and pollarded trees.
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Armand-Adrien-Marie (Armand) Apol was a Belgian artist who was born in Brussels in 1879 and who died there in 1950.
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He was a Belgian painter, etcher and lithographer of Post-Impressionism. Education at the Academy in Brussels under C. Montald (1891-1901). Was a member of the Le Sillon circle from 1901. Mobilized in 1914 but sent home that same year due to illness. Captured by the occupying forces in 1915, he was sent to the Holzminden Camp, from where he was evacuated in 1916, perhaps for health reasons, to Switzerland, where he stayed as a 'free internee'. In Holzminden a number of pencil drawings and watercolours were created with camp life as the subject. Back in Belgium, he mainly gained fame with landscapes and navies. Gray tonalities dominated in his first works, but gradually his palette became more luministic. As an etcher he worked, among other things, on works by other painters, such as V. De Saedeleer. We can see his work in the Print Room in Brussels, in the Museums in Ixelles and Liège. He is mentioned in BAS I and Two centuries of signatures of Belgian artists. (Piron)

Dimensions - 55 x 46 cm

Height
46cm (18.11")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Landscape Oil Painting to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1104676
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An antique impressionist oil painting depicting a rural field with pollarded trees rendered in impasto brushstrokes of ochre, beige, and earthy tones.
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Archive I An antique impressionist oil painting depicting a rural field with pollarded trees rendered in impasto brushstrokes of ochre, beige, and earthy tones.

Summer Landscape - Antique Oil Painting

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An antique impressionist oil painting depicting a rural field with pollarded trees rendered in impasto brushstrokes of ochre, beige, and earthy tones.
Summer Landscape - Antique Oil Painting
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An antique impressionist oil painting depicting a rural field with pollarded trees rendered in impasto brushstrokes of ochre, beige, and earthy tones.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleImpressionism
  • MaterialOil paint, Canvas
  • ColourWarm Ochre
  • MotifsImpasto technique, Pollarded trees, Visible signature, Muted earth tones
  • SizeH 46 cm (18 in) x W 55 cm (22 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

This oil painting on canvas dates from the 1920 period and follows an Impressionism style. The artwork depicts a rural summer landscape featuring a stream and pollarded trees under a pale sky. Textured impasto brushwork applies a palette of warm ochre, beige, grey, and earthy brown tones across the rustic scene, highlighting thick applications of paint and visible signature markings in the lower right corner. The composition is contained within a gilt frame, displaying visible surface texture from the heavy paint application. Measuring 46 cm high by 55 cm wide and 5 cm deep, the artwork hangs comfortably in domestic settings. Suitable for positioning above a sideboard in a living room, dining space, or hallway, the piece introduces naturalistic colour and traditional character to interior walls. The muted tones complement neutral wall treatments and wooden furnishings within an English country house design scheme, offering a focal point that brings pastoral scenery indoors. The framed canvas requires standard wall-mounting hardware appropriate for its weight and dimensions when placed in the home.

Impressionist landscape art focuses on capturing natural light, seasonal shifts, and atmospheric qualities using visible, textured brushwork rather than precise detail.

Artists typically worked with oil paints applied directly onto stretched linen canvas or wooden panels, often utilizing heavy impasto techniques.

Authenticity is determined by examining canvas weave, stretcher construction, signature execution, paint craquelure, and historical provenance.

Displaying a textured landscape painting above a minimalist console table or mantelpiece creates a contrast between historic character and modern design.

Keep the painting away from direct sunlight and fluctuating humidity, dust gently with a soft dry brush, and consult a professional conservator for varnish cleaning.
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