Jules Rozier (1821-1882) - Country Scene - Oil On Wood Panel Signed

Jules ROZIER (1821-1882) COUNTRY SCENE Oil on wood panel signed  Frame size: 45.5 cm x 59.5 cm Artwork size: 31.5 cm x 44.5 cm Jules Rozier is a French painter, born in 1821. He spent his youth in Bertin's studio where he was introduced to painting, before leaving for Paul Delaroche's studio. As he began to exhibit, he decided to break away from the rhythm of his daily life and continue his work alone. He moved to the countryside, to the commune of Médan, where he lived for 10 years. In the newfound calm, he silently painted the restful landscapes of the Yvelines and Oise. In 1877, he felt for the first time the pains of paralysis, which took his life 6 years later. It was the following year in Granville, Normandy, in these landscapes where the sky and the sea merge, that he would spend the last happy days of his life. As time passed, he was increasingly overtaken by illness, and soon he painted only with his left hand, no longer able to move his right side. Jules Rozier was one of the most delicate landscape artists of his time, rejecting the prose of Romanticism. He was a discreet, shy painter, who loved the melody of his thoughts more than the din of the city. He was, as the daily L'Intransigeant described it, "the painter of flowering orchards and riverbanks." He died in 1882, exhausted by illness. He will be remembered as an artist of rare sensitivity, always in search of the hidden sweetness of the landscapes that lay before him.