Charles-Euphrasie Kuwasseg Alpine Riverside Village circa 1870-1880
Beautiful oil on canvas representing an alpine village crossed by a river animated by characters in a boat.
Charles-Euphrasie Kuwasseg is at the peak of his art, his writing offers a lot of softness and precision. With this painting we understand better why this painter was one of the most admired of the 19th-century.
Measurements unframed: H 12.20 In. - W 20.07 In.
Measurements with frame: H 20.07 In. - W 27.95 In.
Our painting is signed on the lower right, it is in a fine original condition and is presented in an elegant gilt-wood and stucco frame.
Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg (1838, Draveil, Essonne – 1904) was a French painter of the 19th-century. He essentially specialized in landscape paintings. His father, Karl Joseph Kuwasseg, was an Austrian born in Trieste on March 16, 1802, and also a renowned painter. His father left for Paris, and took French nationality. He died in Paris in January 1877.
Biography:
Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg was the son of Austrian painter Karl Joseph Kuwasseg, with whom he took his first steps as an artist.
Élève de Jean-Baptiste Durand-Bragger et d’Eugène Isabey, Charles E. Kuwasseg délaisse un temps la peinture pour devenir marin au long-cours. Il se spécialise dans les paysages, dans la mouvance de l’école de Barbizon. Kuwasseg a comme sujets de prédilection les ports bretons et normands ainsi que ceux de la Mer du Nord et les villages alpins. Il collabore avecThéophile Poilpot sur différentes séries de tableaux.
À partir de 1855 Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg expose régulièrement au Salon de Paris où il obtient de nombreuses récompenses. Par la suite, il devient professeur d’art, et a notamment pour élève Émile Clarel. Maîtrisant à la perfection l’art du contraste et faisant preuve d’une finesse exceptionnelle, Charles E. Kuwasseg fut l’un des peintres les plus admirés du XIXème siècle.
Certaines œuvres de Charles Kuwasseg (huiles sur toiles ou sur panneaux) sont notamment visibles aux musées des beaux-arts de Rouen et de Rennes ainsi qu’au Maltwood art museum de l’Université de Victoria (Canada).c
