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French School MastersFrench school Spectacular Landscape near a pond Signed oil painting1897
1897
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About the Item
➡️ Landscape Near a pond ⬅️
⏩It is signed F Couly⏪
Probably F Couly Raymond
⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas
⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork.
⭐Size:⭐28x41cm / 11x16.1 inch
with golden frame 37x51cm / 14.6x20.1 inch
⭐Date: 1897⭐
⭐Condition : ⭐ Good condition. NO cracks, Absolutely beautiful. Only it missing ornaments on the frame
⭐Provenance:⭐ Private collection - France.
⭐Shipping:⭐ from France is fast 4-6 days with Fedex / DHL
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Bio F Couly Raymond:
F. Couly-Raymond was a French landscape painter born in 1874 (Wikipedia), active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Working within the French School tradition, he specialized in impressionist landscapes and urban scenes, capturing both the natural beauty of the countryside and the evolving character of Parisian life.
His oeuvre includes tranquil lakeside vistas, atmospheric woodland scenes, and documentary views of Paris, such as omnibus stations and the Monnaie lock. Couly-Raymond's technique demonstrates a strong command of light and atmosphere, with visible brushwork characteristic of post-impressionist sensibility. He consistently dated his works, with known paintings spanning from 1897 to 1907.
☀️Compositional Structure☀️
This oil painting exemplifies F. Couly-Raymond's mastery of atmospheric landscape painting during the late 19th century. The composition is carefully structured along classical lines, with a strong diagonal progression from the foreground vegetation to the distant wooded hills, creating compelling visual depth.
The painting employs a tripartite division: the immediate shoreline with its dead tree and wild grasses occupies the lower third, a tranquil expanse of water fills the middle register, and densely wooded hills shrouded in atmospheric haze dominate the upper portion. This arrangement draws the viewer's eye naturally from the detailed foreground into the misty distance.
☀️Technical Execution☀️
Couly-Raymond demonstrates considerable technical proficiency in his handling of paint. The brushwork varies throughout the composition, energetic and textured in the rendering of the gnarled tree trunk and foreground vegetation, becoming progressively softer and more blended in the middle ground water, and ultimately dissolving into loose, atmospheric strokes in the distant hills.
The artist's palette is restrained yet effective, dominated by cool blues and grays that establish the painting's contemplative mood. These are punctuated by warmer ochres, browns, and touches of yellow-green in the vegetation, creating subtle chromatic harmonies. The water surface is rendered with horizontal strokes that suggest calm, reflective stillness, while the sky above maintains a deliberately muted, overcast quality.
☀️Stylistic Context☀️
The work clearly demonstrates the influence of Impressionism, though filtered through a more naturalistic sensibility typical of the period. Unlike the pure Impressionists' focus on fleeting light effects, Couly-Raymond maintains a solid sense of form and structure while still capturing atmospheric conditions. The painting shares affinities with the Barbizon School's reverence for nature and the plein-air tradition of direct observation.
The prominent dead tree in the foreground serves as a powerful visual anchor and carries symbolic weight, a memento mori amid the living landscape, suggesting themes of natural cycles, decay, and renewal that preoccupied many fin-de-siècle artists.
☀️Atmospheric Quality☀️
Perhaps the painting's most striking achievement is its evocation of atmosphere. The misty quality enveloping the distant hills suggests either early morning or late afternoon light, with moisture in the air softening contours and muting colors. This creates a sense of quietude and introspection, inviting contemplation rather than dramatic engagement.
The artist skillfully employs aerial perspective, with the background hills rendered in cooler, lighter tones that recede convincingly into space. This atmospheric recession is one of the painting's most successful elements, demonstrating Couly-Raymond's understanding of how light and air affect our perception of distance.
☀️Historical Significance☀️
Created in 1897, this painting stands at a fascinating juncture in art history, after the Impressionist revolution but before the radical innovations of Fauvism and Cubism. It represents a moment when artists were synthesizing the lessons of Impressionism with more traditional approaches to landscape painting, creating works that were both modern in their handling of light and atmosphere, yet conservative in their fundamental respect for representational accuracy.
- Creator:French School Masters (French)
- Creation Year:1897
- Dimensions:Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 16.15 in (41 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Zofingen, CH
- Reference Number:Seller: F Couly1stDibs: LU2203217473922
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