Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Léon Richet
(1843 - 1907)

Léon Richet was a French landscape painter. He was born in Solesmes, Nord. He studied art in Valenciennes and became a high school teacher there in 1879. He became associated with the Barbizon school and did several paintings with Narcisse Virgilio Díaz. His artwork was exhibited at the Société des Artistes Français from 1880 to 1906.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Richet


Path through a Large Landscape
1907
Oil on canvas
122,5 x 126,5 cm
Private collection
https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/6036780/
at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Nils Jakob Blommér (1816 - 1853)   Nils Blommér, born Nils Johan Olsson was a Swedish painter and educator. His middle name is sometimes giv...

  • (no title)
    Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)   Jan Josephszoon van Goyen was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as...
  • (no title)
    Jan van Huysum (1682 - 1749)   Jan van Huysum (or Jan van Huijsum) is the most notable member of the Van Huysum family of artists working in...
  • (no title)
    Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)   Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famo...