Gustave Loiseau

Private Collection, Germany

The canvas has been lined. The surface is richly textured and the impasto has been well preserved. The colors are vibrant and fresh. There are scattered fine lines of cracking running vertically throughout the sky. There is a pinhead dot loss near the horizon line in the lower right quadrant. Under UV light: certain original pigments fluoresce and some broader strokes of inpainting are visible in the sky in the upper right quadrant. There are a few additional areas of inpainting including a 1 inch vertical stroke to the right of the middle of the trees, two other small spots within the sky, and a few additional one inch strokes within the trees. The work is in good condition.
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In Au bord d'Eure en printemps, Gustave Loiseau captures the beauty of the winding Eure River in springtime. The Eure is a left-bank tributary of the Seine and flows mainly through agricultural and wooded regions in Northern France.  Composed with spontaneous brushwork and generously applied pigment, the present work epitomizes the artist’s use of Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist techniques. By the 1890s, the market for Impressionist landscapes had strengthened and Loiseau’s works, which were promoted by the influential Galerie Durand-Ruel, became highly coveted among many collectors.