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About the Item
Title: French Garden Terrace Yellow House Sunlit Umbrellas Table and Chairs Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 9.75 inches
Condition: Good overall, with light handling marks, edge wear, and scattered graphite sketches integrated into the composition. A few small surface scuffs and faint smudges consistent with an on-site study. Colours remain vibrant and paper is stable with no tears or structural concerns.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: This expressive French garden terrace scene by Pierre Neveu beautifully captures the ambience of a sunny courtyard framed by parasols, outdoor seating, and the warm façade of a traditional Provençal house. Neveu’s ability to combine quick observational drawing with confident colour washes is on full display here, creating a lively study of light, shadow, and domestic outdoor life.
The composition centres on a small metal café table surrounded by delicately sketched chairs, their forms suggested through loose graphite and ink lines. Above, a group of ochre and golden-yellow parasols provide fragmented patches of shade, their irregular shapes painted with soft transitions of grey, olive, and warm brown. These overlapping umbrellas create a layered canopy that guides the viewer’s eye across the scene.
Behind the terrace, the sunlit yellow house glows with Mediterranean warmth—its shuttered windows, doorway, and climbing foliage painted in a mixture of transparent and opaque washes. Neveu incorporates visible pencil underdrawing and gestural marks throughout, allowing us a rare glimpse into his plein-air process. Areas of the foreground are rendered in deep greens and muted earth tones, capturing the freshness of the surrounding garden.
The interplay of quick sketching and looser watercolour defines Neveu’s spontaneous approach, making this an evocative study of a French courtyard and the familiar charm of outdoor summer living. It is a wonderful example of the artist’s sensitivity to architectural forms filtered through relaxed, fluid brushwork.
Pierre Neveu (b.1929), trained at the École Boulle and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, received the Gold Medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1994 and remains celebrated for his vibrant architectural and landscape watercolours.
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- Creator:Pierre Neveu (1929)
- Dimensions:Height: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317308742
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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