HERVE Jules René Impressionist Painting XXth The bigotes at the church in Langres Oil on panel Signed

HERVE Jules René ( 1887 / 1981 )

The bigots at the church in Langres.

Oil on panel signed lower left.

46 x 38 cm

Museums: Annecy , Calais , Casablanca , Chicago , Dijon , Langres , Luxeuil-Les-Bains , Montreal , New York , Paris , Saint-Etienne , Tourcoing , Troyes.Literature: Bénézit - Dictionary of the little masters of painting by Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne - "Jules rené Hervé an enchanting master of painting of the 20th century" by Bernard Masson - "Le haut du pavé de Langres" by Gérard Gueniot - The painter and the animal in France in the 19th century by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier - 

Jules René HERVE, Born in Langres (Haute-Marne) in 1887, Died in Langres in 1981.

Painter of typical scenes, figures, portraits, landscapes.A pupil of Fernand Cormon and Jules Adler, Jules René Hervé moved to Paris and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1910, Jules René Hervé received a silver medal in 1914 and a gold medal in 1925.Then Jules René Hervé shares his life between Paris and his native city of which he paints, with a light brush, expert in small bright flashes on greys or ochres skillfully distributed, the humble and picturesque events, the portraits of his austere society to the monotonous and hushed existence - But Jules René Hervé knows just as well to restore the lively atmosphere of Parisian life and its monuments or the dancers at the foyer of the Opera -His finely observed compositions emanate delicate feelings - Appreciated by French and foreign amateurs, Jules René Hervé devoted himself to art throughout his life -Jules René Hervé is considered "the last of the impressionists"

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