Lakeside Landscape By Albert Rigolot (1862–1932).

Asis often the case, Albert Rigolot presents us with a bucolic and soothing scenethat fills us with serenity. A lake, one or two fishermen’sboats, a sailboat in the distance, and close by, the shore where a fewtall poplars stand tall and are reflected in the wateralongside the sky and the clouds.

AlbertGabriel Rigolot was born in ParisonNovember 28,1862;hedied in the same city on April 25,1932; hewas a student of Léon Pelouse. He made his debut at the Salon desArtistes Français in 1886and won a second-class silver medal in the charcoal category atthe International Black-and-White Exhibition; in 1890, he won theBrizard Prize. In1900, the Train Bleu restaurant at the Gare de Lyon commissioned him to createa view of Beaulieu to decorate one of its dining rooms, and that sameyear, he was awarded asilver medal at the Paris World’s Fair. At the same time, he taught at theAcadémie Julian in Paris and was named, in 1901, a Chevalier of the Legionof Honor. These works are on view at the Alfred Danicourt Museum inPéronne, the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts, and the HartlepoolMuseum in the United Kingdom.

Oilon panel, 24 cm x 32.5 cm.

Frame:gilded wood, 33.5 cm x 42 cm.

Signedlower right.