Fanch Lel

French Impressionist Rustic Workday at the Water’s Edge Horses & Cart Landscape

2000

Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Horse Riders and Cart on the Beach By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframe...

Title: Impressionist Coastal Farm Scene with Horse Cart Driver Cottages and Moody Sky By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 11.25 x 14.5 inches (height x width) Gouache painting on cardboar...

Work on cardboard signed Dimension with frame : 66.5 x 76.5 x 4.5 cm Farmers and Horses with Carts – European School, circa 1970 An expressive mid-20th century oil painting depicting a lively rural scene with farmers, horses and traditional wooden carts. The composition is animated by several figures gathered around two large horse-drawn carts, their imposing wooden wheels providing a strong structural element within the painting. Three horses — white, brown and dark grey — occupy the foreground, while the farmers, wearing broad-brimmed hats, are suggested through rapid and confident brushstrokes. The unidentified artist approaches the subject with considerable spontaneity, favoring movement, color and expressive brushwork over precise description. Earthy ochres and browns are enlivened by touches of green, white, blue and red, creating a warm and vibrant interpretation of rural life. Particularly appealing is the loose handling of the horses and figures, which gives the scene an immediate, almost sketch-like quality while retaining a strong sense of movement and narrative. Oil on cardboard. European School, circa 1970. Signed lower right; signature remains unidentified. Old handwritten annotations are visible on the reverse. Dimensions: 48 × 58 cm (18.9 × 22.8 in.). European School painting, farmers and horses painting, horse painting, horses and carts painting...

Albert Malet (French, 1912-1986) Hand signed lower left. Verso inscribed with the title and artist name. Dimensions: 30 X 26 X 1 in. Work Size: 24 x 20 in. Oil on board landscape painting depicting an Impressionist rural scene with a fisherman beside a gently flowing stream bordered by trees. Rendered with soft atmospheric brushwork and naturalistic coloration characteristic of the artists landscape compositions. Albert Malet French Impressionist Painter and Leader of L'École de Rouen Albert Malet (1912–1986) was a French painter of landscapes, marines, and coastal views, celebrated as one of the leading figures of L'École de Rouen (the School of Rouen), a regional Post-Impressionist movement rooted in the light-filled tradition of Norman landscape painting. Born in Bosc-le-Hard, near Rouen, Malet was deeply influenced by the work of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, but his decisive artistic inspiration came from his teacher, the celebrated Rouen painter Robert Antoine Pinchon — himself a student of the Impressionist Albert Lebourg. Malet and Pinchon developed a close friendship that endured until Pinchon's death, at which point Malet succeeded him as head of L'École de Rouen. Circle of Rouennais Painters As a central figure of the School of Rouen, Malet painted regularly alongside its other leading artists, including Narcisse Guilbert, Marcel Couchaux, Pierre Le Trividic, Narcisse Hénocque, Gaston Sébire, and Maurice Louvrier, continuing the school's dedication to atmospheric, light-driven depictions of the Normandy countryside and the Seine. His work also attracted admiration from contemporary poets, including Philippe Tournaire, Pierre Laurent, Roger Vaccaro, and Olivier Costa de Beauregard. Malet was, in turn, an influential teacher himself; his pupil Isabelle de Ganay would go on to become the modern head of L'École de Rouen, carrying the tradition Malet had inherited from Pinchon into the present day. Exhibitions and Recognition Malet exhibited widely throughout his career, showing in Rouen, Paris, Germany, Algeria, and Japan, and participating in the Salon d'Automne. He was invited by the Salon de l'École Française to exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and won a gold medal at the Salon U.F.O.L.E.A. and a bronze medal at the exhibition for Artistes Français. He held memberships in the Comité des Peintres Normands and the Société des Artistes Rouennais, was vice president of the Société des Sciences, and was named a Knight of the Palmes Académiques. Malet's paintings were shown in major galleries around the world, and the President of France presented his work on several occasions as a diplomatic gift to visiting heads of state, including U.S. President Ronald Reagan. A Renaissance Sensibility Beyond painting, Malet held wide-ranging expertise as a meteorologist, botanist, and amateur astronomer, and was knowledgeable in precious metals and prehistoric fossils — interests that informed his close, naturalist's attentiveness to light, atmosphere, and landscape. Despite his considerable achievements, Malet remained known for his modesty, consistently encouraging his students and crediting the strengths of fellow artists. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde in Rouen in 2006. Keywords: Albert Malet, École de Rouen, School of Rouen painters, French Impressionist landscape, Robert Antoine Pinchon student, Normandy landscape painting...