The white sail, riverside

Description of the artwork

Landscape art was admirably renewed by the observations of plein-air painters, of whom Gustave Loiseau, a member of the Post-Impressionist movement, is undoubtedly the most talented. In our painting, we notice that the painter uses a technique similar to that of Claude Monet, presenting broad, dynamic strokes to emphasize the undulations of the tall grass in the foreground.

Particularly fond of the variations in light brought by misty, wintry atmospheres, he invites us here to the banks of the Seine, to share a moment of relaxation on a radiant day. This brighter light, captured when the sun is at its zenith, allows him to linger over multiple colorful touches to capture the full richness of the foliage. The large tree, thus adorned with colors, attracts the eye as much as the white sail of the boat sailing on the river. On the other side of the bank, facing the silhouette of a man admiring the landscape, the painter describes nature with a more creamy touch, mixing the foliage, the trees and the bank in a quick and lively style.

Origin

Private collection France
Vente Couteau-Bégarie 2008
Collection Aristophil
Vente Aguttes, collection Aristophil 2019
Galerie Stoppenbach-Delestre, London
Private collection, France

Literature

Certificate of authenticity by Didier Imbert - C933