Eugène Forest (1808-1891) - Paysage boisé avec personnages (Vendu sans prix de réserve)

We present an oil on cardboard depicting a wooded landscape with a figure at the foot of the trees, by Eugène Forest (1808–1891).

The scene shows a rocky woodland animated by a figure, beneath an evening sky. The composition, dominated by trees, rocks, and effects of light and shadow, is typical of the Barbizon School.

Signed lower right.

Title: Wooded Landscape with Figure

Medium: Oil on cardboard

Artist: Eugène Forest (1808–1891)

Artwork dimensions: 26.5 × 34 cm

Overall dimensions with frame: 38 × 46 cm

Condition: Good condition.

Frame: Stuccoed and gilded wooden frame with a green velvet mount, in fair condition

Eugène Hippolyte Forest (1808–1891) was a French painter, lithographer, engraver, and caricaturist, born in Strasbourg and died in Grenoble. A prominent figure in the 19th-century satirical press, he worked extensively with the renowned Maison Aubert and drew for leading illustrated newspapers such as La Silhouette, Le Charivari, and La Caricature. Working alongside masters of the period such as Grandville and Honoré Daumier, he distinguished himself through his keen sense of social comedy and his precise sequential compositions. Beyond the humorous press, his talent also found expression in literary publishing, where he illustrated notable works such as Brillat-Savarin’s The Physiology of Taste, as well as novels by the Comtesse de Ségur.