La Colline old oil painting Dorrée Emile (1883-1959)

Dorrée Emile (1883-1959)

was born in 1869 in Sainte

This contrast brings out the house and its details wonderfully

its white belly exposed against the muted brown surface and background

imparting a sense of movement

La Colline old oil painting Dorrée Emile (1883-1959)20th century oil on hard carton, signed Max Lenant (signature partially illegible) in the lower right, dedicated Jean Marin and dated 1934. A rolling pastoral landscape viewed from a gentle ascent, the eye lifted toward a lavender sky streaked with vivid pink, yellow, and orange. The sunset dominates the upper half of the composition, its light pressing down against the darkened greens of the hill. The surface is heavily worked. Impasto is pronounced,