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

1940 - 1960
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Framed and signed oil on panel by the French artist Charles Betremieux (1919 - 1997) who was a creative artist. The painting shows a summer landscape with a fresh green palette. The painting is dated 1955 and mounted in a gilt and canvas frame with cream slip.

Betremieux was born in 1919 and was predominantly inspired by the 1930s. He studied at the Ecole Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes with Raymond Debieve where their work was quickly noticed and rewarded:

The period of the 1930s is characterised by the clashing of many political ideologies, including Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism. Surrealism continued to dominate in Europe, and had influence internationally. Artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera in Mexico, worked to integrate the ideas posed by Surrealism into their radical political ideologies, developing a new kind of magic realism.

Dimensions - 74 x 65 cm (inc frame)

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Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
74cm (29.13")
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Rue des Fontenelles has dated this French Landscape Oil Painting to the 1950s.

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Framed and signed oil on panel by the French artist Charles Betremieux (1919 - 1997) who was a creative artist. The painting shows a summer landscape with a fresh green palette. The painting is dated 1955 and mounted in a gilt and canvas frame with cream slip.

Betremieux was born in 1919 and was predominantly inspired by the 1930s.

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He studied at the Ecole Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes with Raymond Debieve where their work was quickly noticed and rewarded:.
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fig 1. A mid-century French oil painting depicting rolling green hills and a winding path under a pale blue sky.
fig 1. French Summer Landscape - Antique Oil Painting

The period of the 1930s is characterised by the clashing of many political ideologies, including Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism. Surrealism continued to dominate in Europe, and had influence internationally. Artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera in Mexico, worked to integrate the ideas posed by Surrealism into their radical political ideologies, developing a new kind of magic realism.

Dimensions - 74 x 65 cm (inc frame)

Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
74cm (29.13")
Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this French Landscape Oil Painting to the 1950s.

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A mid-century French oil painting depicting rolling green hills and a winding path under a pale blue sky.
French Summer Landscape - Antique Oil Painting
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Mid-20th-century French landscape painting frequently incorporates elements of Post-Impressionism and Expressionism, focusing on expressive impasto brushwork, structured geometric compositions, and harmonious natural colour palettes depicting rural scenery.

Artists from this period typically applied oil pigments bound with drying oils onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, artist board, or wooden panels using bristle brushes and palette knives.

Authenticity is determined by evaluating artist signatures, period-appropriate stretcher or backing construction, age-related paint surface craquelure, natural pigment oxidation, and historical gallery labels.

This artwork can serve as a focal point placed above a sideboard or mantelpiece, where its muted green tones complement natural wood furniture, neutral walls, and minimalist contemporary decor.

Preserve the painting by hanging it away from direct sunlight, radiators, and high humidity, dusting the surface occasionally with a soft, dry camel-hair brush without applying liquid solvents.
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