"Léon Frédéric (1856-1940), Landscape In Nafraiture, Oil On Canvas"
Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) Landscape in Nafraiture
Signed with the signature stamp of his estate on the lower right
Oil on canvas
21 x 32 cm
Certificate of Georges Frederic, son of the artist, on the reverse of the canvas
Original Frame : 33 x 45 cm
Provenance :
Estate of the Artist
Galerie Carrefour, Brussels (Label on the reverse)
Private colection, Belgium
Léon Frédéric was a Belgian Symbolist painter.
In 1883, he moved to Nafraiture, in the Belgian Ardennes. He painted the valley of Nafraiture several times, making of it, one of his principal themes of creation.
In 1929 Frédéric was created a Baron and Knight of the order of King Leopold.
His works are present in several Museums, including Musée d'Orsay in Paris, Museums of Art and History in Brussels and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.