Ernest Marché "the Little Ditches Of Nemours"

A superb small painting depicting the little ditches of Nemours, viewed from the confluence of the Loing.
The brushwork is vibrant, the palette subtle; the water, the vegetation, the old stones of the buildings, and the sky are rendered with great skill and a great deal of poetry.

This painting is the work ofErnest Marché(1864–1932), whose Dictionary of the Minor Masters of Painting describes his talent as follows: 
"A student of Jules Lefèvre and Tony Robert-Fleury, E. Marché adopts the dreamy tone of certain Symbolist painters in his engagement with nature, which he translates into reddish tones with delicate nuances, incorporating numerous sketch-like notes and rough drafts before completing the final work in his Parisian studio (...)
At the Salon, from 1891 to 1925, he exhibited genre paintings alongside landscapes of the Morvan and the banks of the Loing.
His paintings are in the museums of Troyes, Bourges, Bagnol-sur-Cèze, and Draguignan."

Oil on wood panel
Signed lower left
Signed on the back and labeled “Les petits Fossés de Nemours, view taken at the confluence with the Loing”
Circa 1890/1900
Panel dimensions: 23 cm x 33 cm
Dimensions of the gilded wooden frame: 28 cm x 37.5 cm
Very good condition.

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