Le Fleuve bird painting marked against the bright sky

marked against the bright sky

The facial expression is subtly transposed

He served as a professor of painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels from 1927 to 1945

Size without the frame: 7" x 9

Lourier mainly paints parks scenes

Le Fleuve bird painting marked against the bright sky20th century French school oil on hard carton. The work is smooth to the touch. A small scale oil painting (a little larger than a postcard) that has brown and moody colors to show a figure walking along a small river, with a little boat in the background and the outline of a town. The painting is truly brocante style, with marks on the surface, slightly rounded corners, and the marks of a frame that was removed along the outer edges. Overall Size: 8.