Set Of Two Oils By André-léon Vivrel (1886–1976)

Set of two oils by André-Léon Vivrel (1886–1976) Oils on canvas. Signed. Beautiful set of two oils by the French painter André-Léon Vivrel, an artist attached to the French landscape tradition and recognized for his luminous and expressive touch. These works demonstrate his taste for nature, rural atmospheres and landscapes bathed in light, treated with vigor and sensitivity. Dimensions: 22 x 27 (unframed)

André-Léon Vivrel (1886–1976) is a French painter, draftsman and illustrator. A student at the Académie Julian and then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he trained in the studios of Marcel Baschet and Henri Royer. Mobilized during the First World War, he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre before resuming his artistic activity. From 1913 onwards, he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he received several awards (honorable mention, silver medal). His work is varied—portraits, still lifes, seascapes, nudes—but it is above all his landscapes that made his mark. Inspired by his travels in Brittany, Provence, Corsica, and Normandy, Vivrel sought in his painting the light and the "instantaneous impression" of the motif. A perfectionist, he did not hesitate to destroy canvases he deemed imperfect.