The Poppy Fields, Signed Boulard, 1880

Landscape, signed lower left by Auguste BOULARD (1852-1927), French school. Dimensions: 38 x 50.5 cm. (14.961 x 19.685 in.) Dimensions with frame: 56 x 71 x 1 cm. (22.047 x 27.953 x 0.394 in.) In its original frame Painter of landscapes, seascapes and genre subjects. Son of Auguste BOULARD, his pupil for painting. He started at the Salon in 1874. As a painter, he was inspired by the rich Norman pastures, whose graceful details he likes to translate. BENEZIT T 2 P 648 Dictionary of French landscape painters in the 19th century.