Gustave Loiseau French, 1865-1935

Description

Rivière en Normandie reveals the masterful treatment of one of Loiseau’s most emblematic subjects: poplars by a riverside. In his focus upon poplars as a subject, Loiseau pays homage to the landscapes of Alfred Sisley and Claude Monet; most notably the latter’s series of twenty-four views of poplars on the bank of the Epte in the spring of 1891. A richly atmospheric painting, Rivière en Normandie captures the unique violet light of the late afternoon, delineated through a complex matrix of purple brushstrokes with which Loiseau suffuses the vivid green banks of River Eure.