Charles-joseph Kuwasseg (1802-1877) The Hillsides Of The Seine In Normandy ?
Artist: Charles-joseph Kuwasseg
Charles-Joseph KUWASSEG
(Trieste, 1802 - Nanterre, 1877)
Les coteaux de la Seine (Normandie?)
Huile sur toile
H. 81 cm; L. 120 cm
Signed lower left, with traces of date
Mid-19th century
Less well-known than his son Charles-Euphrasie (1833-1904), to whom some of his paintings are sometimes wrongly attributed, Charles-Joseph Kuwasseg was an Austrian landscape painter who came to France in 1830. From 1835 until his death, he exhibited at the Paris Salon, where Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III bought works from him.
His paintings have a romantic dimension and often offer a rather grandiose vision of nature, which can bring him closer to Alexandre Calame, for example, especially in his mountain subjects. A well-traveled artist, Kuwasseg painted in South America (which he visited in the late 1820s with his patron Count Schomberg), Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Provence, Savoy and Normandy. It is highly probable that the site of our large painting corresponds to one of the loops of the Seine in Normandy, even if we have been unable to find a strictly identical topography. The most likely hypothesis would be an upstream view of the river, taken from Côte Sainte-Catherine just upstream of Rouen. Our artist also exhibited a Vue prise aux environs de Rouen at the Salon of 1848. Alongside the traditional activity of sheep farming, we can make out factories on the river bank, evoking the nascent industrial revolution, as well as the smoke of a steamboat.
(Trieste, 1802 - Nanterre, 1877)
Les coteaux de la Seine (Normandie?)
Huile sur toile
H. 81 cm; L. 120 cm
Signed lower left, with traces of date
Mid-19th century
Less well-known than his son Charles-Euphrasie (1833-1904), to whom some of his paintings are sometimes wrongly attributed, Charles-Joseph Kuwasseg was an Austrian landscape painter who came to France in 1830. From 1835 until his death, he exhibited at the Paris Salon, where Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III bought works from him.
His paintings have a romantic dimension and often offer a rather grandiose vision of nature, which can bring him closer to Alexandre Calame, for example, especially in his mountain subjects. A well-traveled artist, Kuwasseg painted in South America (which he visited in the late 1820s with his patron Count Schomberg), Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Provence, Savoy and Normandy. It is highly probable that the site of our large painting corresponds to one of the loops of the Seine in Normandy, even if we have been unable to find a strictly identical topography. The most likely hypothesis would be an upstream view of the river, taken from Côte Sainte-Catherine just upstream of Rouen. Our artist also exhibited a Vue prise aux environs de Rouen at the Salon of 1848. Alongside the traditional activity of sheep farming, we can make out factories on the river bank, evoking the nascent industrial revolution, as well as the smoke of a steamboat.
22 000 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Napoleon 3rd
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Oil painting
Length: 81 cm hors cadre
Width: 120 cm hors cadre
Reference (ID): 1754071
Availability: In stock
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