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French art in the 19th and 20th centuries defies easy classification. The hallmark of the French School might simply be thought of as brilliant diversity. This is seen in the work of the painters who flourished in Paris as well as the provinces and regional cities from 1840 to 1920. In the 18th century the Paris Salon pretty much ruled and defined everything. This slowly changed in the 19th century when definitions and rules were dropped, changed, abridged or discarded. The idealized landscape, for instance, lasted into the 1820s but soon was replaced by the Barbizon landscape which continued into the 20th century alongside the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist landscape. Academic values in genre scenes were supplanted by Realism and Naturalism. The result of this brilliant diversity can be seen in the collapse of the Paris Salon by the 1890s. But more immediately and specifically it can be seen in the collapse of History Painting and the rise of Popular Realist Genre, Avant-Garde Realist Genre, Symbolism and Expressionism.
French School
Un soir dans les Cévennes
Jacques-Alfred Brielman
(1836-1892)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower left
64 3/4 x 102 3/4 inches
72 x 110 inches, framed
La Promenade du dimanche
Leon Francois Comerre
(1850-1916)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated "Lille 1875", lower right
78 1/4 x 49 1/2 inches
86 3/4 x 57 1/2 inches, framed
Cat Family at an Evening Meal
Victor Demongin
(Born 1873)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower left
18 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches
24 x 27 3/4 inches, framed
Le Bouquet
Delphin Enjrolas
(1857-1945)
Pastel, Signed
28 1/4 x 20 5/8 inches
36 1/4 x 287/8 inches, framed
Fées Danse
Georges Picard
(1857-1942)
Oil on canvas
Signed “G. Picard”, lower left
38 2/3 x 31 1/4 inches
46 7/8 x 39 3/8 inches, framed
Devant le Guignol
Jean Jules Henri Geoffroy
(1853-1924)
Gouache
Signed ‘Geo,’ lower right
22 1/4 x 16 inches
32 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches, framed
Portrait d’une Jeune Femme
Henri Francois Riesener
(1767-1828)
Oil on canvas
67 1/2 x 51 1/4 inches
74 x 58 inches, framed
La Femme Fatale
Tancrede Synave
(1860-1936)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1921, lower left
39 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
50 x 50 inches, framed
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The First Dance
Édouard Toudouze
(1848-1907)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower left
68 ¾ x 83 inches
75 ⅛ x 89 ⅜ inches, framed
