Edmond Le Bienvenu-Dutourp, Cottages In Clecy

Edmond Le Bienvenu-Dutourp, Cottages In ClecyAn attractive early 20th century oil on wood by French artist, Edmond Le Bienvenu Dutourp (1878 1945). It depicts a street in the rural commune of Clecy in the Normandy region, which is an area the artist knew well. Its a charming little painting and you can almost hear the chickens as they scuttle around pecking the earth. The composition is dominated by a large tree that splits the view it draws our eye towards the ivy covered buildings on the right

Size including frame 12½” x 16” / 32cm x 41cm

in 1993 for ‘The Race’

An evocative 18th-century provincial depiction of the resurrection of Jesus Christ

It's always nice to see a subject within their own environment and you can imagine how the artist discussed the setting with each of them

21” x 15½” / 53cm x 40cm

wide-brimmed black hat

Two small lines in the sky area of the image and frame with various losses and abrasions

losses and some darkened areas

Following his time at the Academy

9” x 10¼” / 23cm x 26cm

The sketched arms and torso give it a mysterious

23” x 18” / 45cm x 58cm