Jean Massé (1856-1950) The Old Luzancy Bridge

Jean Massé (1856-1950) The old Luzancy bridge Oil on panel Signed and dated lower right, 1910 22x27 Jean Eugène Julien Massé (1856-1950) Post-impressionist landscape painter born in Meaux (Seine et Marne) in 1856, death and 1950. In 1879, after spending three years in a battalion of foot hunters in Algeria, Jean Massé followed the Fine Arts courses in Amiens then in Paris in Boulanger's workshop. Around 1882 Jean Massé settled in Luzancy and became a student of the painter Alexandre Bouché. Inspired by the Briarde countryside, the banks of the Marne, or Brittany, the subtle nuanced touch of colored grays makes the foliage and the light of his compositions quiver in the manner of the masters of 19th century landscape painting. Public collections Amiens: Museum of Fine Arts Arras: Museum of Fine Arts Meaux: Mussée Bossuet Reins: Museum of Fine Arts Mairie de la Ferté sous Jouarre