La Falaise Landscape slender cypresses

slender cypresses

the artist navigated between abstract and figurative painting

Despite the evolving phases of his career

This artwork presents what appears to be the outer or inner walls of a chateau or large estate

6" / 22cm x 17cm

La Falaise Landscape slender cypressesAn oil on board signed lower right Ccile Hertz Eyrolles (18751974). The artists name and the address of her Art Nouveau house in Cachan, which also served as her studio, appear on the reverse. The work is titled Falaise. The view likely depicts Dieppe or tretat, suggested by the distinctive verticality of the Norman cliffs. A restrained beach scene unfolds beneath a pale, overcast sky. The light feels diffused, midday at slack tide, softening the