AUGUSTE BOUVARD | Landscape with a Church and River
Oil on Canvas
50.5 x 65.5 cms / 19¾ x 25¾ inches
Signed Pelletier (lower left)
Landscape with a Church and River evokes the tranquillity of the French countryside with luminous brushwork and delicate colour as is typical with the work of Auguste Bouvard. A cluster of cottages and a church spire nestle among trees beside a calm, reflective river. The scene is suffused with soft light and atmospheric charm, capturing a timeless sense of rural peace and architectural grace.
Auguste Bouvard’s love affair with Venice was instant and enduring. Inspired by the outstanding beauty of the city, his impressionist, warm, colourful and confident landscapes capture its unique atmosphere and charm.
Widely collected and comprehensively acknowledged as one of the finest painters of Venice, comparisons are often drawn with Canaletto, Guardi and Ziem, however many prefer Bouvard’s style.
In his early years, Bouvard honed his talents under Constant-Dufeus at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris drawing inspiration from the popular impressionist movement of the time. His birth name was Eloi Noel Beraud although he signed his paintings Bouvard, Marc Aldine and Pelletier, amongst other pseudonyms but it is by Bouvard that he is best known.
In 1928, Gladwell & Patterson, the acknowledged experts of his art, held the first one-man exhibition of Bouvard’s work in Britain, from which the late Queen Mary purchased two paintings.
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