La Fôret March Collection Materials: Oil on canvas with

Materials: Oil on canvas with a 19th-century Beaux-Arts wooden frame

looking out

starting with the stunning sky that opens the scene and gradually closes over the edge of the forest

with hemp lining enhances the brightness and organic feel of the artwork

The work has some textured areas

La Fôret March Collection Materials: Oil on canvas with19th century oil on canvas signed lower right Eug. Bourgeois for Eugne Victor Bourgeois (18551909). A forest landscape in the tradition of late 19th century woodland painting. The foreground clearing is held in shadow, while light expands toward the center of the composition. A solitary figure, a woman carrying a basket, introduces scale and presence within the woods and harvested landscape. The treatment of light is measured and deliberate, giving