La Pêche Oil on wood 4" / 50cm x 62

4" / 50cm x 62

without haste to better understand the subject before painting

Each leaf is rendered with intention—single brushstrokes pressed into the canvas

Overall size: 22

Despite its condition

La Pêche Oil on wood 4" / 50cm x 6219th century oil painting on canvas, signed M. Murguet (?) in the lower right corner and dated 1887. A large scale, poetic landscape rendered with delicate brushwork and a masterful play of light across water and foliage. At the center of the scene, a woman in a wide brimmed hat sits beneath a tree with a fishing pole in hand. A white house with a red roof appears in the distance, its reflection shimmering in the water below. Dated to the 1880s, both