La Pêche Oil on wood without haste to better understand

without haste to better understand the subject before painting

Maroniez’s expressive brushstrokes and muted palette of grays

he also explored portraiture and still life

Despite its condition

This large and impressive work has a rare natural light thanks to the mastery of the contrast between the azure sky and the dark hues of the landscape

La Pêche Oil on wood without haste to better understand19th 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