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French Impressionist Watercolor College Rollin Paris France 1900 Painting School

French Impressionist Watercolor Rollin college 13@11 in total dimensions watercolor is smaller See details in photos The school was founded as the private Collège Sainte-Barbe in 1821 and renamed Collège Rollin in 1830. It was transplanted in 1876 from the Quartier Latin to avenue Trudaine, near Montmartre. The old building on rue Lhomond became the site of the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris in 1877. Collège Rollin was granted municipal status,[1] and became Lycée Rollin in 1919. It is the only secondary school in Paris to have taken the name of a former teacher, Jacques Decour, a French Resistance fighter in 1944.

Signed French School Landscape Oil Painting, Canvas, 75 Cm

Large Painting, Allée Cavalière circa 1880. Large oil on canvas representing a bridle path, 19th century. This composition represents a long path lined with trees forming a plant canopy above the path. The central perspective leads the eye towards a luminous opening at the back of the scene, creating an impression of depth and serenity. The palette is dominated by deep greens and warm browns, enlivened by touches of light filtering through the foliage. The free treatment of pictorial material and the search for atmospheric effects evoke landscape painting from the end of the 19th century, sensitive to variations in light and natural atmospheres. A signature is at the bottom right Note the restorations.

Antique C.1930’s European French School Romantic Street Scene Signed WC Painting

This French school painting is a watercolor on paper depicting a couple walking side by side along the sidewalk, the figure in black appears to have it’s arm around the lower back of the person dressed in red. There is a row of houses along the left with a high wall and park to the right. This impressionist painting is signed and dated lower right but it is illegible, maybe you know the artist. It is housed in a finished corner gilt wood frame with linen wrapped mat over off-white mat with protective glass front. It is quite a serene and very well done painting, I only wish I knew who the artist is. Measures; sight size 8″ x 11 1/2″, framed 17 1/2″ x 20″ .