Gustave Loiseau

Estate of the artist
Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above on April 27, 1936 and sold: Sotheby's, London, December 8, 1998, lot 125)
Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Jeanne Frank Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above on May 10, 1999

Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Salon d'Automne, 1905
Pont-Aven, Hôtel de Ville, Loiseau, 1964, no. 10
Paris, Galerie de Paris, La Cage aux fauves et soixante-dix oeuvres du Salon d'automne 1905, 1965, no. 52

The canvas is lined. There is no evidence of any repainting when examined under UV light and no evidence of any damage to the painting. There is one small area of pigment shrinkage near the center of the composition, near the trees. The work is in excellent condition.
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In Les Rives de l'Eure, 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.