Bidspirit auction | Gustave Loiseau (Paris 1865 -

Gustave Loiseau (Paris 1865 - 1935), Oil on Board, double-sided, French Post Impressionist School of the 19th century - Oil on panel, dimensions: 33 x 24 cm. Gustave Loiseau went every summer to Pont-Aven, staying at the Gloanec pension with his friends Maxime Maufra, Henry Moret and Émile Bernard. Paul Gauguin gave him advice there. In 1894 he participated in the 6th, 7th and 8th exhibitions of impressionist and symbolist painters at Le Barc de Bouteville in Paris, then signed a contract with Paul Durand-Ruel who exhibited his paintings in his gallery in New York. ustave Loiseau, like Camille Pissarro, painted numerous canvases representing Pontoise: the Hermitage district, the banks of the Oise, the quay of Ponthuis, the cathedral of Saint-Maclou and its region: Auvers, Nesles-la-Vallée, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Osny. He also painted landscapes of Brittany, Normandy, Moret-sur-Loing and Paris. Gustave Loiseau is part of the post-impressionist movement. He painted, directly in nature, many scenes of rural life and the countryside, few portraits, being interested however in characters in movement, such as market scenes, or in activity, such as dockers, and, especially towards the end of his life, he painted many still lifes. Loiseau's paintings reveal his passion for the seasons, illustrating everything from the beginning of spring to the last harvests of autumn, through scenes of snow or frost in winter. His series also feature cliffs, harbors or churches and are influenced by those of Claude Monet. Provenance: important Spanish private collection, Barcelona.