Oil On Cardboard, Framed. 19th-early 20th Century. Evening Walk. The River Under The Bridge.

Oil on cardboard. 19th-early 20th century. This painting depicts a riverside scene, likely at the end of the day. On the left, the water beautifully reflects the lights from the lampposts on the stone bridge and the surrounding trees. The bridge connects the two banks and leads the eye to the background, where the distant silhouettes of church steeples can be seen, seemingly belonging to a small European town. On the right, a slightly elevated path runs alongside the riverbank. A woman walks along it, holding the hand of a young child. Behind her, further on, a passerby walks. A few simple houses with brown roofs stand on the right. The scene gives the impression of being on the outskirts of a small town. The palette is dominated by grayish blues and subtle greens, with warmer touches in the land and on the rooftops. The sky, nuanced between blue and gray. The atmosphere is reminiscent of certain small oil paintings on cardboard from the late 19th or early 20th century, where the artist sought less precision than sensation: light, ordinary life, the poetry of a simple landscape. Dimensions: 32.5 × 19.5 cm. Framed with an oak molding. A small loss of paint in the upper right corner, probably concealed by an old frame.