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Post Impressionist Cathedral Scene, Morning Bustle, France, Ca 1920 Oil on Board
Skippings Fine Arts
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Post Impressionist Cathedral Scene, Morning Bustle, France, Ca 1920 Oil on Board

1900 - 1920
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A lovely post impressionist city scene from the early 20th century, depicting a Gothic cathedral overlooking a public square during the morning commute.The composition captures a hazy morning light, with the Gothic facade rendered in broad, textured brushwork. In the foreground, the artist has captured the daily life of the city: working people in hats and heavy coats, figures carrying loads, and passers-by moving through the shadows of the monumental architecture. The oil on board bears an indistinct signature to the lower left which I have not been able to identify and measures 27 x 35 cm. The overall framed size in a good vintage frame with a painted inner slip is 45 x 53 cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
27cm (10.63")
Width
35cm (13.78")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
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Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Post Impressionist Painting to the 1920s.

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A lovely post impressionist city scene from the early 20th century, depicting a Gothic cathedral overlooking a public square during the morning commute.
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The composition captures a hazy morning light, with the Gothic facade rendered in broad, textured brushwork.
Skippings Fine Arts

In the foreground, the artist has captured the daily life of the city: working people in hats and heavy coats, figures carrying loads, and passers-by moving through the shadows of the monumental architecture. The oil on board bears an indistinct signature to the lower left which I have not been able to identify and measures 27 x 35 cm. The overall framed size in a good vintage frame with a painted inner slip is 45 x 53 cm

Height
27cm (10.63")
Width
35cm (13.78")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Post Impressionist Painting to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1205015
Skippings Fine Arts
Skippings Fine Arts
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A post-impressionist oil painting on board depicting a French cathedral and surrounding street scene rendered in muted grey, blue, and ochre tones with visible brushwork.
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Archive I A post-impressionist oil painting on board depicting a French cathedral and surrounding street scene rendered in muted grey, blue, and ochre tones with visible brushwork.

Post Impressionist Cathedral Scene, Morning Bustle, France, ca 1920 oil on board

Archive II A post-impressionist oil painting on board depicting a French cathedral and surrounding street scene rendered in muted grey, blue, and ochre tones with visible brushwork. View II
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A post-impressionist oil painting on board depicting a French cathedral and surrounding street scene rendered in muted grey, blue, and ochre tones with visible brushwork.
Post Impressionist Cathedral Scene, Morning Bustle, France, ca 1920 oil on board
Ref: SA1205015
A post-impressionist oil painting on board depicting a French cathedral and surrounding street scene rendered in muted grey, blue, and ochre tones with visible brushwork.
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Post-Impressionism developed in France during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an extension of Impressionism, emphasizing symbolic content, structured compositions, and expressive paint application while moving beyond pure naturalistic representation.

Artists during the 1920s frequently applied oil paints to wooden panels or rigid millboard, utilizing natural pigments mixed with linseed oil, often laid down with textured brushwork or impasto techniques.

Authentic works from this movement typically display period-appropriate support board aging, artist signatures, visible brushwork layer consistency, and age-related paint contraction without modern artificial cracking.

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