House by the bend of a road – Huis bij een bocht in de weg 1880 - 1945

Julien-Hippolyte Féron

WoodBoardOil paintPaint
25 ⨯ 32.50 cm
ConditionExcellent
€ 1.050

Klooster Fine Art

• About the artwork
  [EN]
  Oil sketch of a red-roofed house by a road. Féron varied his brushwork, from thin and flowing to a thicker layer on parts of the foliage. In line with his friend Armand Guillaumin, his palette shows exaggerated colours. The road, painted in pinks, purples and yellows is painted with long brushstrokes, and bend of to the right. For the trees behind the house, Féron used paints with a slightly more subdued colour and blue shades in order to create a sense of depth.
  
  Has a (smudged) a workshop stamp in the lower right corner and the back of the board.
  
  [NL]
  Olieverfschets van een huis met een rood dak naast een weg. Féron gebruikte een gevarieerde penseelvoering, met op een ene plaats dunne, vloeiende verf, en met meer verftextuur in de bladeren. Net als zijn raadgevende kunstvriend Armand Guillaumin gebruikte hij overdreven kleuren in zijn expressieve schilderijen. De weg, geschilderd in roze, paars en geel, is opgebouwd uit lange penseelstreken. Voor de bomen achter het huis gebruikte Féron een iets ingetogener palet en blauwe schaduwen, waardoor een groter gevoel voor diepte ontstond.
  
  Rechtsonder voorzien van een [bewogen] werkplaatsstempel – evenals op de achterzijde.
• About the artist

  Julien-Hippolyte Féron (1864-1945) was born in the Normandy town of Saint-Jean-du-Cardonnay. He was trained as an engineer, and thanks to his wealthy father he was able to start a business as an alcohol distributor. His company became a great regional success. With the money he earned as a trader he could afford a large painting studio.

  He was largely self-taught, and initially worked in a relatively generic, impressionistic style. After meeting Armand Guillaumin in 1904, Féron changed his style.

  His work after that time is more in line with the Fauvists. Like the Fauves, Féron started using bright, sometimes unmixed colors. He used his new, bright palette and free brushwork to paint the landscapes of his native region.

  On several occasions he took part in exhibitions in Paris. Féron's work was shown at the Salon des Artiste Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne, among others. His work can mainly be found in private collections, but also in Musée Carnavalet.

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