Jean Laborie (1912-?) - NO RESERVE - Chaume à Trepsat, Cantal

1. TECHNICAL FILE

Author: Jean Laborie (1912-?)
Title / theme: Rural landscape in Trepsat, Cantal
Chronology: 1959
School: French
Style: Post-Impressionist landscape painting / French painting of the mid-20th century
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions of the work: 54 × 65 cm
Dimensions with frame: 67 × 78 cm
Orientation: Horizontal
Signature: Signed “J. Laborie” in the lower left corner
Inscriptions: Preserves on the reverse an old handwritten label with place and date identification
Conservation status: Generally good, with signs of age and use compatible with its chronology. See the photographs carefully, which are part of the description.
Frame: Presented with frame

2. DESCRIPTION

Interesting oil on canvas by painter Jean Laborie (1912-?), dated 1959, representing a rural landscape of the French region of Cantal.

The composition shows a set of peasant buildings presided over by a distinctive building with an obviously steep roof, surrounded by bare trees and an open landscape that fades toward the horizon.

The work possesses an especially painterly execution, built with broad, impastoed and highly visible brushstrokes. Laborie combines a solid compositional structure with a free brushwork that fragments surfaces and gives notable plastic richness to the walls as well as to the trees, roads and sky.

The color range is organized around ochres, earth tones, grayish greens, blues and whites, generating a cold, clean luminosity typical of the central French landscape. The contrast between the rural, light-toned architecture and the bare vertical trees is particularly effective.

3. STYLISTIC AND COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS

The painting belongs to the French Post-Impressionist landscape tradition of the mid-20th century.

The artist does not pursue meticulous or photographic description of the place, but rather a constructed interpretation essentially through color and matter. The brushstrokes maintain their autonomy and are clearly visible on the canvas, especially on the roofs, walls and vegetation.

The composition revolves around the large building on the right, while a succession of vertical trees guides the eye toward the background. The foreground path introduces depth and sets a diagonal that offsets the strong verticality of the trunks.

The painterly matter presents areas of generous application and overlapping brushstrokes, giving the whole a very attractive physical presence.

4. IDENTIFICATION OF THE LOCATION AND INSCRIPTION ON THE REVERSE

The work preserves an interesting old handwritten label on the reverse that allows pinpointing both the represented place and the execution date.

The inscription can be read:

“Chaume à Trepsat – 1959
Cne de Giou de Mamou – Cantal”

It can be translated approximately as:

“Thatched-roof house/construction in Trepsat – 1959
Municipality of Giou-de-Mamou – Cantal.”

Therefore, the scene corresponds to Trepsat, a locality belonging to the French commune of Giou-de-Mamou, in the Cantal department.

This inscription constitutes an interesting documentary element, as it directly relates the painting to the place depicted and provides a precise dating: 1959.

5. AUTHORSHIP AND SIGNATURE

The work is signed in the lower left corner “J. Laborie,” corresponding to Jean Laborie (1912-?).

The signature is integrated into the painting layer and is clearly visible in the photographs.

The presence of the historical reverse inscription, with title, geographic location and date, provides additional documentary information of particular interest for identifying the work.

6. OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST

This is a painting particularly attractive for its direct connection to the French rural landscape.

The exact location provided by the reverse label adds documentary value and allows understanding the work not merely as a generic landscape, but as a concrete representation made in Trepsat, in the Cantal region, in 1959.

The painting maintains a balanced combination between description of nature and post-Impressionist freedom, with rich painterly matter and an spontaneous brushwork that is especially well appreciated in detail photographs.

7. SHIPPING AND CONDITIONS

The work is delivered with the frame shown in the photographs.

The photographs are an integral part of the description and allow detailed assessment of the conservation state of the work and the frame.

Shipping will be carried out by a professional specialized company, with maximum-protection packaging, a custom-made box and foam materials to ensure proper protection during transport.

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