Louis Neillot (1898-1973) Village Aux Grandesherbes 1949. Fauve, Auvergne, Vichy, Valtat

3rd and last work of 3 by Louis Neillot, this last one is an oil on canvas representing a fauve landscape from 1949, a village behind tall grass and trees signed and dated 49 lower left. Format of the oil on canvas alone 38x46cm and 58x67cm including frame. It is therefore a magnificent fauve composition by Louis Neillot who paints here a village behind tall grass and trees in 1949, most likely in Allier or at least in Auvergne. The painter uses his usual brushstroke and palette at this time, a broad, divided brushstroke and a bright, colorful palette. Louis Neillot is a French painter, born in Vichy (Allier) on February 11, 1898 and died in Kremlin-Bicêtre on December 24, 1973. He is part of the Fauvism movement. Louis Neillot is the son of a gardener-florist, Jean Neillot, and Louise Barghon. He was mobilized at the end of the First World War; after being gassed, he was discharged. He settled in Paris and began to frequent the artistic and literary circles of the capital. He returned in the summer to Bourbonnais, where he was inspired by the landscapes; he stayed first near Cusset, then from 1946 to 1958 in Creuzier-le-Neuf; Finally, from 1958, he came to spend several months a year at Le Verger, a house he owned in Saulcet. But the landscapes of the Paris region are also present in his work: the heights of Clamart and Meudon, the Chevreuse Valley, the Petit Morin Valley. As a neighbor, he also came to paint a few times in Creuse and Limousin. He was one of the occupants of La Ruche (1928-1934). He then moved to 65, boulevard Arago, in the Cité fleurie, where he remained almost until the end of his life. He was a friend of Jean Dreyfus-Stern. He was vice-president of the Salon des Indépendants (where he exhibited regularly). He also exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuileries. When he died in 1973, he was considered the "last representative of Fauvism". He is buried in the Saulcet cemetery, near Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule. His popularity has been steadily rising for several years, as evidenced by an oil painting sold for over €15,000 this year in Limoges or this small Saulcet watercolor 23.5x31.5cm sold for €2,000 + fees on 10/19/2023 at Expertisez in Paris. This canvas is in perfect condition, delivered in a period frame. Work guaranteed authentic