Street Scene In Front Of A Cathedral (old Rouen?) By Alexandre Defaux (french, 1826-1900)

View of an old French town, probably old Rouen, which the artist, the famous French painter Alexandre Defaux, depicted several times in his paintings. Alexandre Defaux (1826 Bercy (Paris) - 1900 Montigny-sur-Loing), where he lived. Student of Camille Corot. Around 1876, he stayed in Pont-Aven. 1881, he became a member of the Legion of Honor. Defaux is one of the most celebrated interpreters of his teacher's painting style. He painted landscapes (Île-de-France, notably the Fontainebleau forest) and coastal views (Normandy, Brittany), genre paintings (country scenes, farms with animals), and cityscapes in oils, as well as still lifes (including flowers and fruit).

WORKS: AMIENS, ANGERS, Brest, CAEN, CARCASSONNE, DIEPPE, DRAGUIGNAN, GRENOBLE, MULHOUSE, NARBONNE, NEW YORK, Sotheby's (Auction V. 17.2.1993); PARIS, Musée d'Orsay: The Port of Pont-Aven, oil on canvas (Salon 1880). ROUEN, Musée d'Orsay, SAINT-ETIENNE, STRASBOURG.

Exhibitions: Paris: from 1859 Salon; 1900 Universal Exhibition (Gold Medal for Spring in the Woods at Auvers, oil on canvas, Salon 1875); Artist of the Salon du Cercle et littéraire (Rue Saint-Armand); 1913 Georges Petit Gallery: Exhibition of paintings by minor masters of the School of 1830 / Nantes, Salon de la Société de la Société de l'Art Moderne de la 1830. Friends of the Arts / 1876-93 Dublin, R. Hibernian Academy.

Literature: Thieme/Becker 1913; Harambourg, 1985; 4. Royal Hibernian Academy I, 1986; Schurr/Cabanne I, 1996; Bénézit IV, 1999. - J. Bouret, The Barbizon School and French Landscape Painting in the 19th Century.

Inscriptions: Signed and dated 1859 lower right, antique bronze plaque with the artist's name and date, mounted on the frame.

Technique: Oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame.

Dimensions: Unframed 59.5 x 73.5 cm, Framed 73.5 x 87.5 cm.

Condition: Very good.