An oil painting on panel, *Barge on the Banks of the Seine*, by Alexandre JACOB
An oil painting on panel, *Barge on the Banks of the Seine*, by Alexandre JACOB
4.800,00 €
The son of a tailor and a laundress, he trained under the painter Eugène Claude, from whom he acquired a meticulous approach to drawing and a taste for painting landscapes from life.
He made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1899, where he exhibited with remarkable consistency for several decades. :
He became a member of the Salon and received an honorable mention in 1908,
the Raigecourt-Goyon Prize in 1911, and then the prestigious Salon Gold Medal in 1914,
one of the highest honors bestowed upon painters of his time.
After World War I, he won another gold medal at the 1937 Paris International Exposition, cementing his reputation once and for all
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| Dimensions | 62 × 53 cm |
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Most of his work is devoted to landscapes, particularly the banks of the Seine and the Marne and the countryside around Paris.
Based in Asnières-sur-Seine, he finds an inexhaustible source of inspiration in the rivers, canals, barges, towpaths, and woodlands.
Water becomes the central theme of his work: it reflects the changing skies, diffuses the morning mist, and enhances the play of light that characterizes his paintings.
His autumn paintings are adorned with ochre tones and golden hues, while winter becomes his favorite subject.
Critics quickly dubbed him the “painter of winter,” as he excels at capturing snow, frost, frozen rivers, and luminous fog—as seen in this work.
