Marie François Firmin Girard, 1838 Poncin, Frankreich – 1921 Montluçon, Frankreich Der Maler trat bereits 1854 in die École des Beaux Arts ein, studierte im Atelier von Charles Gleyre (1808 1874) und …
LE REMORQUEUR (THE SLEEPER)
Oil on canvas. Doubled.
46 x 61 cm.
Signed "Firmin-Girard" lower right.

View over a wide autumnal forest landscape with a wide path to a large river on which a steaming tugboat can be seen. In the foreground the large meadow with already many red-brown leaves. In the distance the almost blurring forest landscape under a high white to light blue sky. Painting in fresh delicate colours, with partly rapid brushstrokes. (†) (1221062) (18)