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Horse an Cart - Antique Oil Painting
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Horse an Cart - Antique Oil Painting

1920 - 1940
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Oil on canvas showing a horse and cart in a French village signed by the artist Constant Dore (1883-1963) The painting is mounted in a good quality wooden frame and is also inscribed on a label on the rear.

Constant Doré was a French artist primarily known for his landscape and townscape paintings. His work is often associated with the Pont-Aven School, characterised by thick, block-like brushwork and a distinctive colour palette. He frequently painted atmospheric scenes of the River Seine in Paris, village street views, and rural autumn landscapes. He primarily worked with oil on canvas and occasionally watercolours.

Dore was originally from the Sarthe region of France before moving to the Val d'Oise.

Dimensions - 74 x 64 cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
74cm (29.13")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
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Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique French Landscape Oil Painting to the 1930s.

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Description
Oil on canvas showing a horse and cart in a French village signed by the artist Constant Dore (1883-1963) The painting is mounted in a good quality wooden frame and is also inscribed on a label on the rear.

Constant Doré was a French artist primarily known for his landscape and townscape paintings.

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His work is often associated with the Pont-Aven School, characterised by thick, block-like brushwork and a distinctive colour palette.
Rue des Fontenelles

He frequently painted atmospheric scenes of the River Seine in Paris, village street views, and rural autumn landscapes. He primarily worked with oil on canvas and occasionally watercolours.

Dore was originally from the Sarthe region of France before moving to the Val d'Oise.

Dimensions - 74 x 64 cm

Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
74cm (29.13")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique French Landscape Oil Painting to the 1930s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1203986
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An impressionist oil painting depicting a horse and cart travelling up a paved village road past white cottages with red roofs towards distant green hills.
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Archive I An impressionist oil painting depicting a horse and cart travelling up a paved village road past white cottages with red roofs towards distant green hills.

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An impressionist oil painting depicting a horse and cart travelling up a paved village road past white cottages with red roofs towards distant green hills.
Horse an Cart - Antique Oil Painting
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An impressionist oil painting depicting a horse and cart travelling up a paved village road past white cottages with red roofs towards distant green hills.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period1920 - 1940
  • StyleFrench Impressionism
  • MaterialOil on Canvas
  • ColourGreen and Ochre
  • MotifsImpasto brushwork, Rural village scenery, Impressionist landscape, Architectural perspective
  • SizeH 64 cm (25 in) x W 74 cm (29 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

This oil on canvas painting by Constant Doré dates from 1930 and follows the style of French Impressionism. The artwork employs a green and ochre colour palette, depicting a rustic rural village scene with impasto brushwork and architectural perspective, showing a horse and cart travelling up a paved village road past white cottages with red roofs towards distant green hills. The composition includes vertical trees lining the left side, chickens foraging near the roadside, potted flowers by a building entrance, and a signature in the lower left corner. The piece measures 64 cm high, 74 cm wide, and 5 cm deep. It fits naturally above the mantel in a living room, hallway, or study within a home today, adding a calm rustic farmhouse aesthetic to the interior space.

FAQs

French landscape art of this period often blends Impressionist brushwork with naturalistic depictions of rural architecture and agricultural life, capturing natural light and regional countryside scenery.

Artists typically painted with oil pigments bound in linseed oil, applied onto stretched linen or cotton canvas using natural bristle brushes and palette knives.

Authenticity is evaluated through physical inspection of signature style, canvas weave, natural craquelure patterns, age-related oxidation on the reverse, and historical provenance.

A vintage rural landscape works well styled above a mantelpiece, paired with minimalist neutral walls, or integrated into an eclectic gallery wall alongside modern art prints.

Oil paintings should be displayed away from direct sunlight, high humidity, and heat sources, and dusted gently with a clean, dry, soft-bristled brush without moisture or chemical cleaners.
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