René Thomsen 1897-1976...great & Beautiful Impressionist..cézannien Landscape Of The South

Large impressionist painting dated 1927 which represents a pleasant landscape of Provence, with a garrigue and its twisted olive trees ... The work is signed at the bottom right by the painter René Thomsen (1897-1976) an excellent artist to whom the Bénézit devotes an important chapter and whose biography can be read on the Wikipedia site: René Thomsen is the son of the Sculptor Constant Auguste Thomsen (1869-1925) who was the friend of Doctor Gachet, the protector of Vincent Van Gogh ... This will not prevent the artist from experiencing periods of great precariousness, notably in Paris in 1919 ... In those years, he frequented "La Grande Chaumière" rubbing shoulders with artists like Modigliani, Jules Pascin, Chaïm Soutine, in the famous district of Montparnasse and in the atmosphere of the bohemia of the time. note: it is quite the genre of artist to collect "without breaking the bank" because the value of his paintings has remained affordable compared to the importance that art historians give him: his auction record is 3800 euros / Source Art-Price. - note that his works are in the collections of many museums including those of: Albi, Argenton-sur-Creuze, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Le Havre, Libourne, Mery-sur-Marne, Paris (National Museum of Modern Art), Paris (Louvre Museum), Rouen, Toulon, Villeneuve-Lez-Avignon, Versailles ... Size Canvas: 65 cm x 54 cm Frame (some shocks): 84 cm x 73 cm - old restorations visible on the back of the canvas / ask me for other photos if necessary -