An oil on panel, Villeneuve-les-avignon by Léonce de Joncières
An oil on panel, Villeneuve-les-avignon by Léonce de Joncières
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The Joncières ounce 1871-1952
French painter, watercolorist, illustrator and poet, Léonce de Joncières occupies a singular place in the artistic landscape of the first half of the XXᵉ century.
Son of composer Victorin de Joncières, he was attracted to the visual arts from an early age, studying at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris with such masters as William Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Luc-Olivier Merson.
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| Dimensions | 56 × 64 cm |
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A versatile artist, Joncières regularly exhibited at the Salon des artistes français and the Salon d'automne.
He also distinguished himself as a watercolorist, illustrator and poet.
Among his most notable achievements is Le Grand Escalier (1926), an oil on canvas now in the Musée d'Orsay, which illustrates his taste for architectural compositions and the refined staging of spaces.
Our painting in Villeneuce-les-Avignon is bathed in soft light, with a harmony of warm, golden tones, contrasted by the deep green of the cypress and the red flashes of the climbing vegetation.
True to his academic training, but sensitive to Impressionist atmospheres, he does not limit himself to realistic description: above all, he conveys the emotion aroused by the place.