André-Léon Vivrel (1886-1976) - Le chemin en bord de Seine

André-Léon Vivrel (1886-1976) - Le chemin en bord de Seine
Oil painting – Hand signed

Vivrel exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1913, and again the next year. His career was interrupted by the First World War. Called up on 2 August 1914, he proved his valour at Verdun and was awarded the Croix de guerre for heroic conduct in 1917. That same year, on short leave, he married Germaine Degoul. Before returning to the front, the soldier-painter left his family with a self-portrait in which he represented himself flanked by his mother and his young wife.

After the war Vivrel returned to his studio in Montmartre. With the art market depressed, times were hard, in spite of a Mention Honorable at the 1920 Salon and the purchase by the French state of the two still lifes he sent to the Salon des Indépendants that same year. At this Salon he also exhibited two portraits of Breton women, painted on his return from the fishing port of Ploumanac’h (Côtes d’Armor). The thickly applied paint and loose handling of Vivrel's naturalist portrait recall of the work of Édouard Manet, especially his still lifes.

Oil on wood laminated on panel, dimensions: 27 x 35 cm, signed lower right, painting in very good condition, recently cleaned and varnished.

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