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About the Item
Title: Noirmoutier Village House French Coastal Landscape Watercolour Painting
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 7.75 x 8.25 inches
Signed: Inscribed “Noirmoutier”
Condition: Good overall, with strong, unfaded colour. Minimal handling marks 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: This evocative watercolour by Pierre Neveu (b.1929) captures the bright midday stillness of Noirmoutier, an island off France’s Atlantic coast known for its whitewashed houses and terracotta roofs. The composition balances architectural geometry with loose, sun-drenched brushwork, allowing the play of shadow and reflected light to animate the scene.
Neveu’s palette of warm ochres, ultramarine blues, and deep greens beautifully conveys the clarity of coastal light. The house stands at the heart of the composition — its crisp facade framed by dense vegetation and open sky — evoking the quiet charm and rhythm of island life.
Executed in Neveu’s hallmark plein air style, this study reveals both spontaneity and structural confidence. His fine draughtsmanship, honed through decades as a Professor of Drawing for the City of Paris, underpins the fluidity of the scene, creating harmony between precision and ease.
Educated at the École Boulle and École des Beaux-Arts, Neveu exhibited at the Salon d’Automne and Salon des Artistes Français, later serving as President of the painting section. His work captures the poetic essence of mid-century French regionalism — merging architectural observation with the natural movement of light and air.
Noirmoutier Village House stands as a tranquil and balanced example of Neveu’s mastery of watercolour — an ode to the understated beauty of everyday France.
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- Creator:Pierre Neveu (1929)
- Dimensions:Height: 7.75 in (19.69 cm)Width: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317146292
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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