Lot number 2261 - Auction 150
BOIS À MOUDON, 1891

STANISLAS VICTOR EDOUARD LEPINE 1835 Caen - 1892 Paris WOODS NEAR MOUDON, 1891 Oil on canvas. 27 x 41 cm (f. 34 x 48 cm). Signed and inscribed with location lower right. Verso: canvas with stamp of a Parisian supplier. The canvas has been restored in one area, with retouching at the same spot. Framed. Painted one year before the artist's death, this work is a characteristic example of Stanislas Lepine's style. Modest in format and restrained in composition, it encapsulates the essential qualities of his art: a delicate sense of light, a muted colour palette, and an almost intimate relationship with the landscape. The scene depicts a sparse woodland with a small stream and the silhouette of a town in the distance - unspectacular at first glance, yet imbued with poetic tranquility. Between 1860 and 1875, Lepine studied in the Paris studio of Corot. He was also influenced by Johan Barthold Jongkind and made his debut at the Salon as early as 1859. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Jean Michaux.