Banks Of The Saône – Signed Pierre Laroche, Dated 1948

The work presents a view of the Saône, the artist's favorite subject. We see a bridge in the background, a construction in the river in the foreground. Everything is treated in pastel shades. The forms are without contours and without details, generating a soft atmosphere. Work representative of the style adopted by the artist during this period. He said: "I only keep the essentials of a scene".
Painting signed lower right, dated 1948.
Very good condition, without restoration. Montparnasse frame, very good condition.
Pierre Laroche, whose birth name was Joseph Laroche, was a painter from Lyon, born July 26, 1903 in Bongheat in Puy-de-Dôme and died October 9, 1982 in Ceilloux. He made several collections of paintings, which he exhibited in Lyon art galleries throughout his career. A student at the Beaux-Arts in Lyon after the First World War, he kept a link with the school and occasionally gave lessons as an external speaker, for oil and knife painting exercises. Painter of Lyon and Beaujolais landscapes, his best-known works represent views of the Saône and the Rhône in Lyon but also landscapes of the Ain.
His most famous pieces are on permanent display at the Paul-Dini museum in Villefranche-sur-Sôane.
The works of Pierre Laroche have been the subject of numerous public sales.
Work visible at the gallery (07240)
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