Painted in Gerberoy in July 1923, La Roseraie au Crépuscule is both a reflection of Le Sidaner’s mature style and a deeply personal homage to Gerberoy, the village he transformed into his own creative sanctuary. On the buried ruins of the old fortified castle of Gerberoy, the highest part of his garden, Le Sidaner had created a rose garden in front of a small summer pavilion that he had designed himself. La Roseraie au Crépuscule exemplifies his ability to transform the familiar — a garden path, a window, a cluster of roses — into something almost mythic, a landscape not just seen, but felt. The title of this exquisite work on paper, Crépuscule, meaning twilight, is significant. Inspired by light effects and reflections, Le Sidaner sought to capture his subjects bathed in a diverse range of light, as Monet had done before him. Sunlight, moonlight and the artificial light of an interior setting appear throughout his oeuvre, but it is his glowing depictions of twilight that resonate with collectors of his work, past and present.