Vue Citadine original which remained his favored medium

which remained his favored medium before he turned primarily to painting

Antique oil painting from France: A beautiful piece

The piece is elegantly framed in an antique wooden frame with gilded plaster detailing

Signed in the lower left and dated May 1919

The foliage in the foreground looks almost like pastel

Vue Citadine original which remained his favored medium19th century oil on hardboard, signed (illegible) lower right, presented in an old Barbizon frame in wood and gilded stucco with laurel frieze and acanthus leaf ornamentation. A village scene, perhaps at the edge of town. A woman in red walks along a wall, possibly beside a river. Beyond her, the red roofs of the village and the church tower are caught in a sudden brightness beneath a storm laden sky. In the foreground, a tree with scattered, wind