Edouard Pail (1851-1916) Village In The Valley, Creuse, Nevers. Crozant School Didier-pouget

Beautiful oil on cardboard by Edouard Pail representing a village in the valley in summer, signed lower left. Size of the painting alone without frame 33x25cm Very beautiful post-impressionist composition by Edouard Païl who paints here a magnificent view of a village in summer at the bottom of a valley, most likely in Creuse or possibly in Nivernais, his two favorite regions. He uses of course his usual touch, very delicate, his sky is as often sublime, his palette is also very typical with its violins, browns, greens, sky blue etc ... Édouard Pail, born in Corbigny on October 17, 1851 and died in Villeneuve-le-Roi on December 6, 1916, is an essential French painter of the famous Crozant school, his competitors of the time were Didier-Pouget and Anglade, but Pail has a painting I think more refined than the latter. He was the son of a painter from Piedmont and a mother from his hometown of Corbigny (Nièvre). He was a pupil of the local painter and engraver Hippolyte Lavoignat, a friend of Camille Corot, and studied at the Nevers School of Fine Arts. He exhibited two landscapes at the Paris Salon of 1870: The Stream of Varennes near Corbigny and The Thatched Cottages of Corbigny. In 1877, he became a professor at the Nevers School of Fine Arts. He then left this position to move to Paris in 1880. He then undertook travels to England, Egypt, Palestine, and Algeria. He married in Algeria in 1886 before settling permanently in Paris, first on Boulevard du Montparnasse and then on Passage Saulnier. He nevertheless returned to Corbigny regularly, where he enjoyed working during the summer months. Every year at the Paris Salon, he exhibited works with rustic subjects such as The Dean of the Plain, Geese in the Morning, at Pâtis Poux in Corbigny, and The Stream of Cropigny. In 1888, he was a member of the Salon of French Artists. He received a medal in 1893. In 1896, he was appointed an Officer of the Academy. In 1903, he became an Officer of Public Instruction. At the 1912 Salon, he exhibited Evening at Mont Sabot and at the 1914 Salon, The Pond with Heathers. His painting took as its main theme landscapes of the Nivernais region, treated in the style of the Crozant school, to which he belonged, having frequented the Creuse Valley. He practiced outdoor painting. His favorite subjects were pastures and heather, farmyards, shaded rivers, and pink and misty panoramas. They are treated in bold tones and a palette dominated by greens and browns. His works are found in many French museums. Painting in very good condition, delivered in its period gilded sculpted frame. Work guaranteed authentic.