Hst "scene Farmsteads " Signed Claude Guilleminet (1821 - 1885) 19th Century

Farmyard scene representing chickens, roosters and chicks in the yard of a farmhouse around a well. Beautiful harmony of colors in this charming country scene.

Oil on canvas, signed Claude Guillemniet lower right
France
19th century

Historical annecdote : Claude Guilleminet (1821 - 1885) is a French painter, depicting genre scenes and notably farmsteads. Attached to the naturalist trend of the Barbizon school for his taste for rustic themes, he started at the 1856 Salon. Several museums, including the Fabre museum in Montpellier, kept his works.