Eugène Galien-Laloue, River Landscape With Cottage

Eugène Galien-Laloue, River Landscape With CottageThis early 20th century oil painting by French artist Eugne Galien Laloue (1854 1941) depicts a river view with cottage and boats. An expansive river shimmers with silvery light derived from a near white horizon, backlit by a low sun. While nearby boats rest on a rugged bank, perhaps used as barges. In the foreground, the foliage is a peppering of low key daubs in green and brown. Gradually guiding the eye towards the spindly branches of a towering

The Old Masters of the Baroque era certainly set the bar high with regards to still lifes and

In the final years of his life

an accomplished landscape painter

Medium: Watercolour on paperOverall size: 17½” x 14” / 45cm x 36cmYear of creation: c

which vibrate by the shimmering water

Signed and dated in the upper right

Weaving through the market

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) created a fine version of the Annunciation

adapting it accordingly

the buildings are radiantly lit

A sole steamboat chugs along in grey

This early 20th-century oil painting by Austrian artist Karl Feiertag (1874-1944) depicts two young women making lace in Burano