Theodore Levigne - La campagne sous la neige oil on canvas late 19th century
The calm and serenity of scenes of life in snowy landscapes, an interesting scene of winter life in the Monts du Lyonnais by Theodore Levigne. In spite of the snow, the peasants go out to trade to keep the link of life alive.
Beautiful and decorative oil on canvas from the Lyonnais school of the late 19th century, signed lower right.
Sizes unframed: H 18.11 In. - W 21.65 In.
Sizes with frame: H 24.80 In. - W 27.55 In.
On its canvas and in its original frame, in good condition.
Biography:
Théodore Levigne : 17 novembre 1848 à Noirétable – 11 novembre 1912 à Lyon.
French painter of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Lyon School.
Théodore Levigne is a curious and observant boy. He was attracted to painting and drawing from an early age. He entered the School of Fine Arts in Lyon at the age of twelve. He received awards in his first year.
He was a student of Gérôme, one of the most famous artists of his time, and of Alexandre Cabanel, a great academic painter.
His journeys to Marseille, Sicily, and Italy allowed him to enrich his experience.
He excelled in all pictorial genres: landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, still lifes, and historical and military representations.
Museums: Tournus, Chambéry, Nice, Rumilly, Nuits Saint-Georges.
