Oil - Rene Herisson - Hunting - Wild Boar - Dogs - Halali - Impressionist -

OIL ON WOODEN PANEL FROM THE END OF THE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY REPRESENTING A HALALI HUNTING SCENE WITH BOAR AND DOGS MADE BY "RENE HERISSON" - SET IN GOOD GENERAL CONDITION - PROVEN FROM THE SALE OF A WORKSHOP - IMPRESSIONIST TECHNIQUE RARE FOR THIS ARTIST - This painter, artist and man of letters, was a pupil of Louis-Auguste AUGUIN, Jules BALMETTE and Louis-Alexandre CABIE. He painted landscapes, even tried his hand at sculpture, but a remarkable animal, Hedgehog is especially appreciated for his drawings taken from life, in particular at the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, marvelously capturing the psychology of each species. animal. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Champs-Elysées. From 1896 to 1940, he was curator of the Cognac Museum which has a number of his works (1 watercolor, 1 sculpture, 26 paintings, 35 drawings). Under the pseudonym of Henri Sorcène, he published poems and various articles in various regional periodicals, in particular "The Indicator of Cognac" (Pauline Reverchon, curator of the Cognac museum from 1955 to 1989).