Le Jardin Landscape pulled up onto the grasses

pulled up onto the grasses

Filtering through the open sky

but participated frequently in the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris as an official member

A lovely early 20th-century frame contains the painting’s sense of movement and provides a finishing touch to its vegetal palette

particularly evident on the grapes

Le Jardin Landscape pulled up onto the grasses20th century oil on canvas, signed lower right O. Van de Moortel (20th century) and dated 1919. An idyllic view of a French country home with green shutters and a stucco faade, nestled within a lush garden and partially concealed by the sweeping canopy of a mature tree. Pink flowers bloom beneath its branches, while a gently winding path disappears into foliage, suggesting a garden left to flourish in a natural, unhurried state. The brushwork is