Alphonse Puthod (1920-2020) - La ville enneigée

Beautiful watercolor by the painter Alphonse Puthod (1920-2020) depicting the city of Annecy in snow as seen from the castle.

A passion for drawing since school days, Alphonse Puthod spent six years under the guidance of Paul Jacquet, his drawing teacher, a talented ceramist and honorary president of the Savoisienne Society of Fine Arts of Haute-Savoie.
Versed in the demands of perspective and in the various techniques taught by this outstanding pedagogue, he quickly proves himself an exemplary pupil before gradually forging his own style. Painting will be his violon d’Ingres throughout his career, devoted to teaching. He paints, whether in oil or watercolor, “luminous and sober works, full of elegance,” according to Anne Buttin (in The Painters of Savoy, 1860-1960). One is astonished by this very delicate gift he has for re-creating the atmosphere, and sometimes the state of grace that surrounds a place at a precise moment. His dexterity in rendering the subtle chromatic nuances of autumn, the immaculate stillness of a winter landscape, the spring exuberance of the orchards in Haute-Savoie, makes him, par excellence, the Savoyard painter of the seasons, of reflections and secret nostalgias. His oeuvre, which gathers several hundred watercolors, has been the subject of regular exhibitions (notably at the Château de Montrottier) and of numerous distinctions.
His dazzling mastery of perspective, light, and transparencies, and his highly sensitive approach to places and seasons, make Alphonse Puthod one of the most remarkable watercolourists in Annecy.

Artist listed in the Ministry of Culture's database.

Artwork signed and dated at the bottom left.
Framed under glass

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