Travellers resting in a clearing

Details

Gabriel Bouret (FRENCH, 1817-1890)
Travellers resting in a clearing
signed and dated 'Gel. Bouret. 1843.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
64 ½ x 92 in. (163 x 235.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Like Théodore Rousseau, Gabriel Bouret was a pupil of Jean Charles Joseph Rémond (see lot 16) at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The influence of Rémond can be seen in this composition: the use of a wide open plain in the foreground, offset against a distant but considered horizon line.

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