Alexandre Louis Jacob French, 1876-1972

Description

Few painters have captured the softness of northern France with the authority of Alexandre Louis Jacob. From the banks of the Marne and the Seine to the frosted fields of the Oise, Jacob returned to the same river valleys year after year, finding endless variety in the changing light, shifting skies and reflections cast on still water. His landscapes are understated yet profoundly atmospheric. A low winter sun diffused through cloud, the delicate shimmer of snow on a riverbank, a plume of chimney smoke rising over a tiled farmhouse roof - these are the moments Jacob excelled at preserving.