GUSTAVE LOISEAU (1865 Paris 1935) Tournedos-sur-Seine. Neige, givre, soleil. 1899/1900. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left: G. Loiseau. Entitled verso on the stretcher: Tournedos-sur-Seine. Neige, givre, soleil. 54.6 × 73 cm. Provenance: - With Durand-Ruel, Paris (label and number verso). - Private collection, Papeete, Tahiti. - Sale Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 April 1989, lot 59. - Private collection, France. - With Schiller & Bodo, New York. - Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, acquired on 18.4.1996 at the above gallery. - Sale Sotheby's, New York, 15.5.2019, lot 104. - With Richard Green, London (label verso), acquired at the above auction. - Private collection, France, acquired at the above gallery. Like many of his contemporaries and artist friends, Gustave Loiseau was fascinated by the rural areas on the banks of the Seine, away from the bustling city, and he captured them again and again in every season, in changing light and weather conditions. In the early work presented here, from around the turn of the century, winter has settled on Tournedos-sur-Seine; it is frosty cold and windy. Although everything is blue and white, the painting is anything but monotonous: thanks to his great sophistication, the artist succeeds in depicting the three areas of water, sky and path in the same colour but in distinctive ways. While the snow-covered path is roughed out with small, violent brushstrokes, the flowing water of the Seine is depicted with more even, less agitated marks. The sky, which shines with a lighter blue than the water, is all the more vibrant and expressive due to the little clouds. Lovely elements of colour and structure are created with the brown-green bushes on the river bank, the group of houses in the area at the left, and the tree in the centre that defies the wind. This outstanding example of impressionist painting fascinates and takes the viewer to the small Norman village on the banks of the Seine on a sunny but bitterly cold winter day. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration. ------------------------------------------------- GUSTAVE LOISEAU (1865 Paris 1935) Tournedos-sur-Seine. Neige, givre, soleil. 1899/1900. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left: G. Loiseau. Titled on the reverse of the stretcher: Tournedos-sur-Seine. Neige, givre, soleil. 54.6 × 73 cm. Provenance: - Durand-Ruel, Paris (label and number on verso). - Private collection Papeete, Tahiti. - Auction Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 April 1989, lot 59. - Private collection France. - Schiller & Bodo, New York. - Private collection Greenwich, Connecticut, acquired at the above gallery on 18 April 1996. - Auction Sotheby's, New York, 15.5.2019, lot 104. - Richard Green, London (label on verso), acquired at the above auction. - Private collection France, acquired in the above gallery. Like many of his contemporaries and artist friends, Gustave Loiseau was fascinated by the rural areas on the banks of the Seine away from the hustle and bustle of the big city and captured them again and again at every season and in changing light and weather conditions. In this early work from around the turn of the century, it is winter in Tournedos-sur-Seine, it is freezing cold and windy. Although everything is in blue and white, the painting is anything but monotonous: thanks to great refinement, the artist succeeds in depicting each of the three areas - water, sky and path - in the same colour scheme but in a differentiated way. While the snow-covered path is given its rough structure with small, heavy brushstrokes, the even and less animated strokes imitate the flowing water of the Seine. In turn, the sky, which is a lighter blue than the water, gains dynamism and expressiveness thanks to the little clouds. The brown-green bushes on the riverbank, the group of houses on the left and the tree defying the wind in the centre create beautiful colourful and structural accents. This outstanding example of Impressionist painting fascinates and takes the viewer back to the small Norman village on the banks of the Seine on a sunny but freezing cold winter's day. These objects marked with * (asterisk) are fully subject to VAT, i.e. VAT will be charged on the hammer price plus buyer's premium. Buyers who present a legally stamped export declaration will be reimbursed the VAT.