FRENCH SCHOOL (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY). French Country Landscape with Houses in the Distance, circa 1890-1910. Oil...

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FRENCH SCHOOL (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
French Country Landscape with Houses in the Distance, circa 1890-1910
Oil on canvas
14 x 20 inches (35.6 x 50.8 cm)
Title and signature on verso are painted out but are still partially discernable, appearing to read: Paysage de ... / [indecipherable signature with flourishes] / Paris



This unsigned painting has stylistic and thematic similarities with the work of George Hitchcock. The high horizon line, a compositional device derived from Japanese print sources, was favored by many French and American painters during the period 1890-1910.


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