This country landscape painting was executed in the end of 19th century by French painter L.Leprou, in the style of the renowed Barbizon School of painters. The only trace of the painter we collected in the database www.artprice.de where was represented his only work (similar to our) " Landscape in sunset ", sold at auction house Boisgirard , Nice on 03/29/2014.

For reference: the Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, near the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form.The leaders of the Barbizon school were Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet and Charles-François Daubigny; Jules Dupré, Constant Troyon, Charles Jacque, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Henri Harpignies, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and others.

Literature: exhibition cataloque "L´Ecole de Barbison", Lyon, musee de Beaux-Arts, 2002; D. Croal Thomson "The Barbizon School of Painters" , London, 1890; in on-line: www.artprice.de .

Inscription: signed lower left, on the back of the canvas: label of a French canvas producer of the time.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 18 1/8" x h 21 5/8" (46 x 55 cm), framed w 28" x 31 1/2" (71 x 80 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.