Alexandre-rené Véron (1826-1897) The Farmyard, 1897

Alexandre-René Véron (1826-1897) The Farmyard, 1897 oil on canvas, signed lower right 38x55cm (49x65framed) Original giltwood frame French landscape painter, member of the Barbizon School. He is the author of admirable views of Fontainebleau, Auvers-sur-Oise, Pontoise, Crécy-en-Brie, Asnières and Argenteuil. A pupil of Paul Delaroche, belonging to the Daubigny followers, he exhibited at the Salon from 1848. Public collections: Dole, Museum of Fine Arts Chalon Bequest, 1911 (a set of six works) Nantes Museum of Fine Arts In a sunny clearing, the father paints, the mother knits beside him and the children play.