Clément Quinton (1851-1921) - Sunset On A Stormy Evening - Oil

Oil on canvas signed "Clément Quinton" lower left, titled "Coucher de soleil, un soir d'orage" (Sunset on a Stormy Evening). The work depicts a vast plain at dusk: a turbulent sky, pierced with breaks of golden and pink light above the horizon, rises over a darkened countryside where a small team of animals can be made out. A composition at once powerful and sensitive, with fine handling and a twilight glow, characteristic of Quinton's art and his roots in the Barbizon School.

Frame: 40 x 59 cm
Artwork: 25,5 x 44 cm

Clément Quinton (Paris, 1851 – Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, 1921), sometimes recorded as Clément-Henri or Charles-Henri Quinton, was a French landscape painter and engraver, a pupil of Léonard Saurfelt. He debuted at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1879, won several medals there and received the Palmes académiques. Settling in Saint-Maur in 1900, he co-founded the Société des Amis des Arts. The French State acquired several of his works and he is represented in various French and foreign museums. His art belongs to the Barbizon School, with an Impressionist sensitivity to light.