Leon Richet - Large 19th Century Painting - Barbizon

Gorgeous museum painting, second half of the 19th century, typical of the Barbizon School, depicting a fisherman in a boat on a pond near Fontainebleau.

This painting is among the best productions of Léon RICHET, characterized by a powerful chiaroscuro, the presence of figures, majestic trees, a finely worked sky...

Such works by Léon RICHET are still regularly sold for 4000 to 8000 euros in auction rooms, particularly internationally where he is highly sought after and offered by prestigious galleries.

BIOGRAPHY:
Léon Richet became the pupil of three different masters: Narcisse Diaz De la Pena, Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger, an eclectic mix of inspirations that inevitably led him to follow with the greatest consistency the stylistic and thematic inclinations of Diaz de la Pena, his first known master.
RICHET, like many others, was an itinerant artist, favoring not only the areas around Fontainebleau and Barbizon, but also traveling in the north of France, in Normandy, where many artists were interested in the Norman landscape and culture.
In 1869, he had his first exhibition at the Salon where he regularly exhibited his works until 1906, being rewarded several times from 1885. Several of his paintings are kept at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

Oil on canvas

66 x 92 cms (with very beautiful 19th century carved frame, some accidents and restorations, 97 x 125 cms and approximately 15 kilos)

Signed lower left "Léon RICHET"

Very good general condition, on its original canvas, to note some repainting in the sky at the edges of the canvas, without visual consequences

Photos taken in natural light (except those with the frame, taken indoor)

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