RAYMOND THIBÉSART | Pommiers en Fleurs
Oil on Panel
60 x 81 cms / 23½ x 32 inches
Signed R. Thibésart (lower right)
Raymond Thibésart’s Pommiers en Fleurs captures the lyrical beauty of Normandy’s orchards in spring. Painted with shimmering Impressionist brushwork, the canvas celebrates the delicate play of light across blossoming apple trees, their pink and white petals set against a soft, atmospheric landscape. A close associate of Henri Le Sidaner, Thibésart was admired for his poetic evocations of nature, balancing nuance of colour with a deep sense of harmony.
Raymond Thibésart’s ethereal landscapes won great acclaim in the French Salons in the early twentieth century. Born in the elegant town of Bar-sur-Aube, surrounded by gently rolling hills and the champagne vineyards of the Grand Est region, the beauty of the French landscape and the artistic possibilities that it evoked made a deep impression on the young Thibésart.
In his early twenties Thibésart studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and later at the progressive Académie Julian under the tutorage of Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury, who introduced a strong element of symbolism into his work.
Thibésart worked in pastel outdoors, allowing him to make rapid sketches of changing light effects and atmospheric qualities of the landscape. Within the tranquillity of his studio, Thibésart would then transfer the colours, movements and atmosphere captured in pastel onto large scale canvases whilst ensuring the spontaneity of his subject was never lost.
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