Pierre Grivolas (1823-1906) "herd Of Goats On Mont Ventoux" Provence Avignon Paris Sault

Pierre Grivolas (1823-1906)

"Herd of Goats on Mont Ventoux"

Oil on canvas,
Signed lower left.

A beautiful work by the Avignon painter Pierre Grivolas depicting a herd of goats in a Provençal landscape. The scene most likely takes place in the vicinity of Mont Ventoux (Sault) in the Vaucluse region, where the artist regularly went to paint.

A student of Ingres, Delacroix, and Flandrin, he exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1864 and 1882. A friend of the Félibrige poets, he dedicated himself to portraying Provençal and Comtat Venaissin traditions. In 1878, he was appointed director of the School of Fine Arts in Avignon, a position he held until his death in 1906.
Considered the leading figure of the New Avignon School, he inspired many of his students, future artists, through his plein air teaching and his virtuosity in the use of color, particularly white.

The Louis Vouland Foundation in Avignon organized a major retrospective, featuring over one hundred of the artist's works, from November 2008 to January 2009, accompanied by a book.
The work presented here is previously unpublished and is not included in that book.

Dimensions: 38.5 x 45 cm without its frame and 49 x 57 cm with its original wooden frame.

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