Illustrated catalogue of paintings, pastels and water colors collected by the late David CLyall of Brooklyn . vocn -\ rv*-^ : RIRE DA VEIL BY JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE JULES BASTIEN-EEPAGE 87—RIRE DAVRIL A typical French village, with its bald fa-cades, blank walls, and red-tiled roofs, is seenagainst a placid, almost cloudless spring the broken line of roof on the left, aslender fruit tree rises with a network of delicatebranches and a profusion of pink blossoms. Thewhole foreground, an area of cultivated land,broken here and there by spots of verdure and cutby a narrow stream runn
Illustrated catalogue of paintings, pastels and water colors collected by the late David CLyall of Brooklyn . vocn -\ rv*-^ : RIRE DA VEIL BY JULES BASTIEN-LEPAGE JULES BASTIEN-EEPAGE 87—RIRE DAVRIL A typical French village, with its bald fa-cades, blank walls, and red-tiled roofs, is seenagainst a placid, almost cloudless spring the broken line of roof on the left, aslender fruit tree rises with a network of delicatebranches and a profusion of pink blossoms. Thewhole foreground, an area of cultivated land,broken here and there by spots of verdure and cutby a narrow stream running between grassybanks, is in shadow full of reflected light. Thefigures of two girls washing clothes in the streamgive life to the scene and add to the impression ofprimitive simplicity of intention which is thekeynote of the picture. The flash of sunlight onthe distant houses and on the spring blossomswarrants the sentiment which the title suggests. Signed at the right, J. Bastien-Lepage, Damvtllers, 1883. Height, 26 inches; length, 31% ENVIRONS OF ORNANS BY GUSTAVE COURBET GUSTAVE COURBET S8—ENVIRONS OF ORNANS A gorge in a limestone country, where awinding stream runs below cliffs and between thesteep escarpments of grass-grown slopes. Sturdytrees have seized a foothold among the masses ofrock and thick woods crown the distant ledges of rock crop out among the verdurein the distance and sharply accent the fore-ground. A narrow strip of sky with whiteclouds is seen beyond the hills. Signed at the right, G. Courbet. Height, 2Sy2 inches; length, 35^2 inches. Collection of M. Bernheim, Paris, who purchased it from THE SISTER OF COURBET.
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