House By The Water (22 X 30 Cm) By Guy Louis (1824 - 1898)

Oil on card signed lower left.
Dimensions : 22 x 30 cm.

Charming animated landscape depicting a house on the banks of a calm river, in a peaceful, luminous atmosphere. Here, the painter composes an intimate scene where the reflections of the water, the rocks in the foreground and the abundant vegetation create a subtle interplay of light and matter.

Louis Guy's free, sensitive touch finely translates the variations of nature and the humid atmosphere of country landscapes. The artist pays particular attention to the effects of reflections and the contrasts between the dark masses of trees and the luminous flashes of water and sky.

Painting in the countryside, Louis Guy is a painter with a strong sense of style.

Landscape painter of the XIXᵉ century, Louis Guy is appreciated for his nature views treated from the motif, in a spirit close to the Barbizon school and French naturalism of his time.

The work is presented in an elegant modern frame that particularly enhances the composition.

Dimensions:

• Oil on cardboard: 22 x 30 cm
• With frame: to be specified

Condition:
Small peripheral accidents and slight wear visible on the edges of the support, without detracting from the decorative quality of the whole.