Paul René Yardin - Thatched Cottage In Picardy

Paul René YARDIN (Active in the years 1830 to 1850) Oil on cardboard 32.5 x 41 cm (53 x 61 cm with the frame) Signed lower left “Yardin” Exhibition label at the Salon des Artistes Français at the top “ 31.. » (3122. Thatched cottage in Picardy) Very beautiful 19th century frame in gilded wood decorated with gadroons, rows of pearls, clovers and twisted ribbons Paul René Yardin was a landscape painter who was a student of Corot. Active in the years 1830 to 1850, he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français. He was one of the painters of the Arras school. He painted Picardy. Based first in Paris, he also later established himself in Nice. In 1850 he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français a “Chaumière en Picardie” under the number 3122.