Man in Dark french painting Colignon was interested throughout his

Colignon was interested throughout his career in the rendering and expression of light through numerous researches during his travels in Brittany

Cold colors absorb light and leave room for shadows and reflections in a realistic result

with a generous brush

Date: 1939

Material: Oil on paper under glass

Man in Dark french painting Colignon was interested throughout hisAntique oil portrait on canvas from Paris: French School of the 19th century oil on canvas. The canvas is perfectly smooth. An academic bust portrait of a French Bourgeois. The rendering is realistic with a detailed work of the physiognomy and its color variations. The gentleman sitter is dressed to perfection, and yet looks like he doesn't want to be sitting for a painting, perhaps illuminating something of the relationship between the sitter and