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Oil on canvas depicting a group of women, some of them undressed (bathers), with their little dogs in a landscape of a clearing in a wood, after Diaz de la Pena* (in the style), signed Haro**, from the 19th century.
This painting is in good condition. Signed, dated and annotated lower right (date hard to read 1873?). Stamp of the Haro & Fils workshop on the canvas on the back.
Please note: slight wear and tear, see photos.
were famous paint merchants, experts, restorers and art dealers, but also painters themselves. They lived at 14, rue Visconti and had a shop located at 20, rue Bonaparte, opposite the exit of rue Visconti. This shop had an undisputed reputation, one could find there all the necessary materials for painting (paints, frames, canvases...) and the most famous painters of the time came to stock up there. Ingres and Delacroix in particular were regular visitors to the Haro and rue Visconti. The Delacroix Museum organized an exhibition entitled "Between Ingres and Delacroix: Etienne-François Haro" from February 24 to May 15, 2006.
was a French painter. In 1822, he became an apprentice painter at the Arsène Gillet porcelain factory. From 1837, he joined the Barbizon School group and painted landscapes in which we find the sites he particularly liked in Fontainebleau: Bas-Bréau, Apremont, and the Solle valley. Díaz admired Eugène Delacroix and like artists and writers, he was fascinated by the Orient. Victor Hugo's Orientales impressed him. He also used nature as a backdrop to introduce allegorical, mythological or real-life figures. In 1849, he organized a sale of sketches and studies from nature, while painters generally offered finished paintings for sale. The sale prices were quite low, but he would repeat the experience in the following years and obtain higher prices. He frequented Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet and supported them. He painted by working the material which allowed him to obtain luminous effects and in this he influenced the Impressionists. From 1862 he stayed regularly on the Normandy coast, in particular in Étretat. He painted several seascapes alongside his friend Gustave Courbet. At the Salons, he regularly received awards and was considered a "charming colorist". It was this quality that Vincent van Gogh, his fervent admirer, appreciated most in him. His house in Barbizon is located at no. 28 Grande Rue.
