Femme Dans Le Miroir

Femme Dans Le MiroirA fun little French scene depicting a lady getting ready for an evening out. Its been painted with a lot of energy and the oils are applied quite thickly in areas. Its signed J Barton in the lower right. Medium: Oil on canvas Overall size: 16 x 13 41cm x 33cmYear of creation: 1979Provenance: FranceCondition: Very good with no issues.

Germany in 2017

It depicts a shepherd and shepherdess tending to their animals by the River Medway in Kent

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a fine decorative frame that’s probably the original

A charming late 19th-century landscape painting depicting a view across fields to a lake and distant church

Matthew Ridley Corbet was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy and his works are held within several public collections

Dozens of men and women

he dabbled with a movement known as Fauvism

the French believed that 'nomads' should be brought into society forcibly

The artist has worked at speed and used broad brushstrokes and confident marks to capture his likeness

he became known for producing fine interior scenes and enigmatic portraits - including several for Swedish dignitaries

Perhaps it also reminds us a little of the ‘Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan’ in Rembrandt van Rijn’s 1656/8 work

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