Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, Friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist Oil on Canvas

1900 - 1920

Sold by Skippings Fine Arts

Description

Earlier this year, I was thrilled to find a springtime view of the Seine at Giverny by Henri Pacquet. A noted Impressionist and Claude Monet's friend, Pacquet's paintings almost never become available. I never thought I would be able to present a second work by the artist - a winter view of the Seine at Giverny this time - less than a year later.

Henri Maurice Pacquet (1890-1973) born in Glatigny, near the English Channel. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris from 1912, and from 1918 started dividing his time between Paris and Giverny, where he became a neighbour of the Monet's. Initially close to Michel Monet, he soon became a friend of the family. Claude Monet and he would paint the same places: the Maison Hochedé, Giverny, Vernon, the arms of the River Seine.

Pacquet's paintings from of Giverny are his most luminous, joyful and free.

Like Monet's late work, they appear to be almost abstract close up, compositions that translate nature into a kaleidoscope of light.

This is all the more apparent in the winter scene depicted here. Winter landscapes are so often melancholy, while this one, with its is mottled white light, is simply radiant.

Painted in 1924 - the year in which Monet painted his series of the The Japanese Bridge, and the House viewed from the Rose Garden - it is signed and dated at the lower right.

An oil on canvas on a stretcher of excellent quality, the painting measures 73 x 60 cm. The overall framed size is in an elegant frame is 92 x 78 cm.

Physical Dimensions

Height

73cm (28.74")

Width

60cm (23.62")

Depth

1cm (0.39")

Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA646763

Dealers Notes

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I never thought I would be able to present a second work by the artist - a winter view of the Seine at Giverny this time - less than a year later.

Skippings Fine Arts

fig 1. Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist oil on canvas — fig 1. Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, Friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist Oil on Canvas

Henri Maurice Pacquet (1890-1973) born in Glatigny, near the English Channel. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris from 1912, and from 1918 started dividing his time between Paris and Giverny, where he became a neighbour of the Monet's. Initially close to Michel Monet, he soon became a friend of the family. Claude Monet and he would paint the same places: the Maison Hochedé, Giverny, Vernon, the arms of the River Seine.

fig 2. Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist oil on canvas — fig 2. Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, Friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist Oil on Canvas

Pacquet's paintings from of Giverny are his most luminous, joyful and free.

Like Monet's late work, they appear to be almost abstract close up, compositions that translate nature into a kaleidoscope of light.

fig 3. Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist oil on canvas — fig 3. Giverny, the Seine in Winter, 1924 by Henri Pacquet, Friend of Monet. Large French Impressionist Oil on Canvas

This is all the more apparent in the winter scene depicted here. Winter landscapes are so often melancholy, while this one, with its is mottled white light, is simply radiant.

Painted in 1924 - the year in which Monet painted his series of the The Japanese Bridge, and the House viewed from the Rose Garden - it is signed and dated at the lower right.

An oil on canvas on a stretcher of excellent quality, the painting measures 73 x 60 cm. The overall framed size is in an elegant frame is 92 x 78 cm.