Guillaume Roger (1867, 1943) French- La Place Ensoleillée In Saint Tropez- Circa 1910-1920

Oil on canvas signed lower left Old labels on the back
Dimensions: 61 x 74 cm, with frame: 71 x 84 cm

Guillaume Roger gives us here a picture full of charm. A southern atmosphere where you can feel the heat of the middle of the day in streets empty of people except for a character dressed in black, sitting in the shade of his house. An opening, in the alley on the right, takes us towards the sea, a small blue rectangle. The luminous pink of the facade of the house bathed in light brightens the scene. A post-impressionist touch, impasto to paint the foliage of the trees bring relief to the canvas.

Guillaume Roger is a watercolorist, pastellist, painter of genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, seascapes. He studied with Gérôme and began to paint in 1892. This Parisian of origin painted a lot in the south of France, particularly on the French Riviera for which he produced illustrations which were used for his promotion through posters.
In 2018, this artist was exhibited at the Petit Palais as part of the exhibition “The art of pastel from Degas to Redon”.
Several of his works are exhibited at the Léon Bonnat museum in Bayonne.