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Small oil on panel depicting a herd of cows returning from pasture, in the moonlight, signed E.Hareux *, of XIXth century.
This oil is in good condition. It is signed lower left.
A note: wear and scratches see pictures of use.
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* Ernest Victor Hareux (1847-1909): painter of genre, landscape and wildlife, a pupil of Levasseur. Debut at the Salon of 1868. Member of French Artists from 1883. It produces sheet metal full of charm and a harmonious color. He received the award in 1904 Rosa Bonheur. We owe to this artist paint a treaty that enjoys long in favor of bourgeois clientele willing to engage in this art without resorting to the teachings of a master, why Hareux name is familiar to many people. (See Bénézit)
A pupil of Busson, Levasseur and Lawn, he combines the solidity of forms inspired by Courbet to variations in lighting, scenery by moonlight have soft colors in a vigorous touch. He exhibited at the Salon from 1868 to 1908. It is also, in the tradition of Rosa Bonheur, a great animal painter, author of a treatise on painting in oils, he led a long private art classes. His paintings are preserved in the museums of Epinal and Arras. (See Dictionary of the Little Masters of painting Schurr and Cabanne).
