La Colline old oil painting The deliberately restrained palette

The deliberately restrained palette

its white belly exposed against the muted brown surface and background

Rouen has long inspired painters for its relationship between water

20th-century oil painting on carton signed in the lower right by René Besserve (1883-1959) and located in Milly la Forêt in Essonne

There are a few small scratches on the surface of the painting

La Colline old oil painting The deliberately restrained palette20th century oil on hard carton, signed Max Lenant (signature partially illegible) in the lower right, dedicated Jean Marin and dated 1934. A rolling pastoral landscape viewed from a gentle ascent, the eye lifted toward a lavender sky streaked with vivid pink, yellow, and orange. The sunset dominates the upper half of the composition, its light pressing down against the darkened greens of the hill. The surface is heavily worked. Impasto is pronounced,