Paul HUET (1803-1869) CHARLEMAGNE, FORÊT DE FONTAINEBLEAU... Lot 43

Paul HUET (1803-1869) CHARLEMAGNE, FORÊT DE FONTAINEBLEAU Oil on canvas Original canvas by Deforge, color merchant, 154 rue saint Martin in Paris Wax stamp of the studio on the back 32.5 x 44 cm A pupil of Guérin and Gros, Paul Huet made his debut at the 1827 salon. He prefers to paint in the open air and travels a lot in France, Italy, Holland, Belgium and England. His art, attentive to atmospheric variations and changes in light, makes him one of the precursors of Impressionism. He is the landscape painter of the Romantics, for whom he appears as an innovator in the expression of nature "imbued with reality and penetrated by ideals" (Victor Hugo) His works can be found in the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and many provincial museums.