Andre Fremond : "the Forge Of Father David"

André Frémond (1884-1965) “La forge du Père David”, oil on canvas mounted on panel 65 X 100 cm, mounted in a patinated frame 83 X 119 cm Marie-Louis. Circa 1930.
Norman painter born in Le Havre, André Frémont professed his love of horses all his life through his paintings. Whether in races, plowing, harnessed to a cart or as here with the farrier who is shaping an iron on the anvil while his helper prepares the following in the forge by operating the big bellows (the expression having several irons in the fire comes from there), the horse waiting patiently in a corner to be refereed. The correctness of the attitudes, the positioning of the tools and the attention paid to the light clearly show that this painting is made on the motif, which is confirmed by the annotation on the back: “The forge of Father David in Grez-neuville, Maine and Loire ”.
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