Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
An early large work by the french impressionist painter Charles Bichet. He trained in Paris and exhibited at the Salons from 1903. He followed the impressionist style and panted with strong fresh colour as seen here. He painted many works in the Creuse and is closely linked to that school of painters.

Title: ‘’The Farm”
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private French collection
Medium: Oil on original canvas
Size: c. 18 x 26 inches unframed / 23 x 31 inches framed
Condition: unlined and unrestored – very nice for age
He began teaching drawing in the City of Paris schools at the age of 20 and in 1890 was appointed to teach in the École des Arts Décoratifs in Limoges.

His early style was classical, but in 1903 he followed the Impressionists’ example and began to use clear, vibrant colours, as in Underwood; Bessines Church; Châteauponsac Church.
Museum and Gallery Holdings

Limoges: Road Twisting among Rocks at Thiot; Archaeology; Young Woman Playing a Mandolin; Landscape in the Châteauponsac Gorges; Porcelain Model of a Flower-Holder; An August Noon in a Street in Châteauponsac; House with an Indoor Staircase in Château ponsac (watercolour)

At Auction.
Charles Théodore Bichet 1863-1929 (French) Landscape, 1908 oil on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000:60 w: 73 cm. signed lower left.
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Charles Théodore Bichet 1863-1929 (French) Forest, 1925 oil on canvas h:50 w: 61 cm. signed, dated

Estimate: $3,000 – $4,000
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Charles Theodore Bichet 1863-1929 (French) Bouquet of nasturtiums mixed media on paper
Estimate: €1,800 - €2,200
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Charles Th?odore Bichet 1863-1929 (French) Bouquet of nasturtiums mixed media on paper
Estimate: $2,800 - $3,600
Description: Charles Th?odore Bichet 1863-1929 (French) Bouquet of nasturtiums mixed media on paper
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Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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