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About the Item
Title: Café Terrace Scene with Umbrella French Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8.5 inches
Condition: Good overall, colours vibrant, minor edge wear consistent with age
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: A lyrical café terrace scene by Pierre Neveu (b.1929), depicting two seated figures beneath a large umbrella, surrounded by foliage and dappled light. The composition is alive with energy yet grounded in balance — quick, confident washes of grey-blue and ochre define both structure and atmosphere, evoking the warmth of a leisurely afternoon in a sunlit French courtyard.
Neveu’s deft handling of light and perspective transforms the everyday into something poetic. The partial inscription “Café...” visible within the composition hints at a real location, perhaps one of the quiet Provençal terraces he frequented in his travels. The interplay between angular architectural elements and loose botanical brushstrokes is a hallmark of Neveu’s mature style, capturing the fleeting rhythms of human presence within the built environment.
Trained at the École Boulle and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Neveu later received the Gold Medal of the Salon des Artistes Français (1994) for his refined yet expressive plein-air watercolours. His works often blend modernist structure with a distinctly human warmth, creating paintings that feel both immediate and timeless.
Stamped “Champs Élysées par Pierre Neveu” on the reverse, this piece exemplifies the artist’s gift for translating quiet observation into radiant, living gesture — a portrait not of a person, but of light, space, and pause.
- Creator:Pierre Neveu (1929)
- Dimensions:Height: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317191932
Pierre Neveu
Pierre Neveu was born in Paris. He was a professor of Drawing. Some of his exhibits include Invite d'honneur, Salon de Margency (1998); Nolan-Rankin Galleries Houston, Texas (1997); Kulturklub des Europäischen Patentamt Munich (1987); Beernau Foret-Noir (1985); and Marie de Tour-sur-Marne, Champagne (1983).
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