RIGOLOT Albert 19th century French school Oil on canvas signed Winter landscape in Sologne Certificate

RIGOLOT Albert ( 1862 / 1932 )
Winter landscape in Sologne.
Oil on canvas signed lower left.
18,11 x 14,96 in
Certificate of authenticity.
Museums : Cambrai, Nancy, Paris ( ancien Musée du Luxembourg, Musée d'art moderne de la ville ), Rouen, St Quentin.
RIGOLOT Albert Gabriel
Born November 28, 1862 / Died April 25, 1932.
Painter of views, landscapes, waterscapes, pastellist.
Student of Pelouse and Allongé , Albert RIGOLOT knows the art of dosing light in his landscapes of ponds and riverbanks inspired by a serious and naturalistic conception close to the Barbizon School . Albert RIGOLOT showed greater freedom in his harvest paintings, and above all in his landscapes and scenes of Algeria, whose rigorous brushstrokes convey a sensitive and poetic vision of his own. A member of the Société des orientalistes Français, Albert RIGOLOT exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1886, becoming a member in 1888. Albert RIGOLOT received an honorable mention in 1889, a third-class medal in 1891, and a silver medal in 1900, for the Exposition Universelle. Albert RIGOLOT was named a member of the Société des Orientalistes Français, and made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1901.