La Maison watercolor and poetic use of color

and poetic use of color

7" / 34cm x 45

off-center perspective invites the viewer into the space

20th-century oil painting on hardboard signed Pierre Agnès (1898–1964)

8" / 18cm x 30cm

La Maison watercolor and poetic use of color20th century large scale oil on canvas, signed lower right Henri Goerg (18981971). The reverse features a painted study of a church tower. The composition centers on a French country house with green shutters and open windows overlooking a vegetable garden, or potager. To the right, a church bell tower rises above the scene, topped with a weathervane and rendered with characteristic regional detail. The architecture and garden are treated with broad,