C. Lianz

Washerwomen at the river

Work on canvas

Work on wood Dimensions with frame 56.5 x 76.5 x 5 cm This oil on wood by Eugène Castan depicts a peaceful, bucolic scene in the countryside. The landscape stretches out under a vas...

Work on canvas board Dimension with frame : 34 x 42 x 5 cm This atmospheric oil painting on cardboard unsigned and dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, depicts a tranqu...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 55 x 69.5 x 3.5 cm

In the foreground of this beautiful oil on canvas, washerwomen and their reflect in the river. Costums, village ind the background and the athmosphere of the painting are related to ...

Leonard Saurfelt !840-circa 1890, was a French landscape and genre subject painter. This subject sems to be a preferred demonstration of the hard work women endured during the 19th C...

A magnificent 19th century landscape in oil. The scene depicts a German watermill, tucked away in a rocky valley with woodland trees. Illegibly signed to the lower right and titled i...

This painting is part of a series of paintings Girardet made of washerwomen by the river. Upon their presentation they had a considerable success, which endures till now. In 2008 another painting of this series was sold at Christie's . Karl Girardet was born in 1813 in Le Locle, which at the time was part of France but is now part of Switzerland. Girardet lived and worked most of his life in Paris. After beginning his career as a painter of landscapes, he became a well-known history painter. As a confidant of the French king Louis Philippe I...