Chintreuil Landscape

Antoine CHINTREUIL (Pont de Vaux 1814 - Septeuil 1873) After the Hay Harvest Title inscribed on the stretcher Countryside landscape enlivened with cows and a farm woman Very beautiful color effects between the blue of the sky and the greens of the trees and grass Our canvas has been cleaned and restored (old tear) CHINTREUIL was influenced by Camille COROT He was in search of landscapes, spending the summer months from 1850 to 1857 in Igny in the Bièvre Valley From 1857 onwards, he spent the summer months in Septeuil at the hamlet of La Tournelle, on a plateau overlooking the Vaux Valley Colors Location where we can situate our painting He painted nature without artifice, in its simplicity He was a precursor of the Impressionist movement Dimensions with frame 90 x 50 cm