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Henri Ottmann La Passerelle (The Footbridge)
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Henri Ottmann La Passerelle (The Footbridge)

19th century
For Sale by Darnley Fine Art
Description

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

Image size: 15 x 18 1/4 inches (38.2 x 46.2 cm)

Hand-carved giltwood frame

Provenance

Bernard Toublanc-Michel Collection

This work is one of Ottmann's later pieces, demonstrating his artistic development. In contrast to his earlier pieces, it is much more Impressionist in nature, utilising broad brushstrokes and non-naturalistic colour to a greater extent than his earlier works that took a more detailed approach. In particular, the use of colour hints at Ottmann's experimentation with Fauvism - if he had not died so young in such a tragic accident, who knows where this experimentation could have led the artist in his mature career.

Literature

Henry Ottmann Catalogue Raisonné, Bernard Toublanc-Michel, 2020, Lelivredart, p.234

Date of Manufacture

Darnley Fine Art has dated this French Impressionist Oil Painting to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
38.2cm (15.04")
Width
46.2cm (18.19")
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SA1226365
Description
Oil on canvas, signed lower right

Image size: 15 x 18 1/4 inches (38.2 x 46.2 cm)

Hand-carved giltwood frame

Provenance

Bernard Toublanc-Michel Collection

This work is one of Ottmann's later pieces, demonstrating his artistic development. In contrast to his earlier pieces, it is much more Impressionist in nature, utilising broad brushstrokes and non-naturalistic colour to a greater extent than his earlier works that took a more detailed approach. In particular, the use of colour hints at Ottmann's experimentation with Fauvism - if he had not died so young in such a tragic accident, who knows where this experimentation could have led the artist in his mature career.

Literature

Henry Ottmann Catalogue Raisonné, Bernard Toublanc-Michel, 2020, Lelivredart, p.234

Date of Manufacture

Darnley Fine Art has dated this French Impressionist Oil Painting to the 19th Century.

Height
38.2cm (15.04")
Width
46.2cm (18.19")
Reference Numbers
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SA1226365
Darnley Fine Art
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An oil painting on canvas depicting a river landscape with a footbridge, a small vessel emitting smoke, green trees, and a cloudy sky.
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Archive I An oil painting on canvas depicting a river landscape with a footbridge, a small vessel emitting smoke, green trees, and a cloudy sky.

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An oil painting on canvas depicting a river landscape with a footbridge, a small vessel emitting smoke, green trees, and a cloudy sky.
Henri Ottmann La Passerelle (The Footbridge)
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An oil painting on canvas depicting a river landscape with a footbridge, a small vessel emitting smoke, green trees, and a cloudy sky.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period19th century
  • StyleImpressionism
  • MaterialOil Paint, Canvas
  • ColourMuted Green
  • MotifsVisible brushwork, River landscape, Footbridge detail, Impasto technique
  • SizeH 38.2 cm (15 in) x W 46.2 cm (18 in)

This nineteenth-century oil painting on canvas is created in the Impressionist style, capturing a French river landscape scene. The composition displays visible brushwork and an impasto technique, showing a footbridge crossing dark green water beneath a cloudy sky, with a small vessel emitting smoke in the foreground and dense trees lining the banks. The palette relies primarily on muted green tones with highlights of red on the vessel, contained within a hand-carved giltwood frame bearing a signature in the lower right corner. The artwork measures 38.2 cm high and 46.2 cm wide. In a contemporary interior, this piece finds its ideal placement hung above a sideboard in a living room, dining room or hallway. It complements traditional or French chateau interior design schemes, adding character and artistic depth to domestic wall spaces.

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Impressionist landscape painting developed in France during the late nineteenth century, characterised by visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities.

Artisans typically painted with oil pigments bound with linseed oil applied directly onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, mounted over wooden stretcher bars.

Authentication involves evaluating signature consistency, analyzing brushwork technique, examining age-appropriate craquelure, and inspecting period-correct stretchers and canvas weave.

A landscape oil painting can serve as a focal point above focal furniture, framed in either a classic gilded frame for traditional contrast or a minimal timber tray frame for contemporary settings.

Store and display the canvas away from direct sunlight and fluctuating humidity, clean gently with a soft dry brush, and avoid applying unverified varnishes without professional conservation.
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