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About the Item
Title: French Village Street Colourful Houses Cobbled Path and Blue Shutters Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.75 x 6.25 inches
Condition: Good overall, with light handling marks and faint edge wear to the sheet, consistent with age. Paper surface fresh and colours bright, with no visible tears, creases or staining. Ready for mounting and framing to taste.
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 beautifully coloured village street scene by Pierre Neveu captures the warmth and charm of traditional southern French architecture, rendered with his signature balance of expressive ink drawing and luminous watercolour washes. Neveu frequently depicted intimate corners of French towns—sunlit façades, narrow lanes, blooming plants, and the interplay of shadow and stone—and this composition exemplifies his Post-Impressionist sensitivity to colour, structure, and atmosphere.
The focal point of the painting is a vibrant ochre-yellow house with bold blue shutters and a matching doorway, standing proudly at the centre of the composition. The adjoining terracotta building adds warmth and depth, its façade illuminated by a hanging wrought-iron lantern that hints at Mediterranean craftsmanship. Beneath the windows, an array of terracotta pots and green foliage decorates the small terrace, suggesting lived-in charm and the quiet rituals of daily village life.
The cobbled street in the foreground, sketched in layered pencil and ink, guides the viewer’s eye gently toward the cluster of plants and upward to the sun-washed architecture. Neveu’s brushwork transitions from soft, transparent sky washes to richly pigmented earth tones, creating contrast between the cool shadows at right and the sunlit walls at left. Hints of pencil underdrawing and loose marks give insight into his process, providing both spontaneity and structure.
Pierre Neveu (b.1929), trained at the École Boulle and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, earned recognition at the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Artistes Français, receiving the Gold Medal in 1994. His depictions of French villages remain highly sought after for their charm, warmth, and modernist elegance.
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- Creator:Pierre Neveu (1929)
- Dimensions:Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317308352
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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