La Falaise Landscape 8" / 34cm x 48cm

8" / 34cm x 48cm

with the village and church tower nestled in the hills

A riverside landscape with a man on the path to the right

the artist navigated between abstract and figurative painting

and a very beautiful natural light illuminates this seaside landscape

La Falaise Landscape 8" / 34cm x 48cmAn oil on board signed lower right Ccile Hertz Eyrolles (18751974). The artists name and the address of her Art Nouveau house in Cachan, which also served as her studio, appear on the reverse. The work is titled Falaise. The view likely depicts Dieppe or tretat, suggested by the distinctive verticality of the Norman cliffs. A restrained beach scene unfolds beneath a pale, overcast sky. The light feels diffused, midday at slack tide, softening the