Émile FRIANT (1863-1932)
An Edge of the Woods (Father Pidole, with the Village of Bouxières-aux-Dames in the Background), 1885
Oil on panel signed and dated lower right: E. Friant. 85 37.3 x 46 cm
Provenance:
Probably Galerie Goupil et Cie
Probably Galerie Georges Petit, Paris
Exhibition:
Librairie Wiener, Nancy 1885, under the title "Une lisière de bois"
Bibliography:
Nancy-Artiste, October 25, 1885, n°34
We thank the association Émile Friant who kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work and communicated the additional information.
Émile Friant painted several times Father Pidole, the old emblematic guardian of a pond near Nancy.
During his youth, Friant and his painter friends would come to bathe there and paint on the motif.
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