Pierre Reynaud, Le Soir Près Roanne

Pierre Reynaud, Le Soir Près RoanneAn evocative oil on wood depicting an impressionistic red sunset over a landscape in Roanne, central France. The artist, Pierre Reynaud (1881 1943), has used a gorgeous palette of rich red hues to draw us into this immersive scene. The sun itself is a vivid swirl of colour that radiates and reflects across a stream in the foreground. Were catching the last of the evenings light as it vanishes behind a distant hill. Little is known of Pierre Reynaud

During this time he also was working as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

with this in mind

and various clifftop dwellings

One repair to the canvas

Copenhagen and Aarhus

The gentleman is smartly dressed in a dark frock coat

you may wish to simply prop it on a shelf or mantle

Year of creation 1920

It’s unclear why this was originally painted in but likely to relate to religious iconography

Laermans work tended to focus on downtrodden labourers toiling hard within rural settings

in the summer of 1955

the oils have been built up to give a raised appearance