Le Conquet, Finistère
Artist
Louis Robert Antral
(1895 - 1939)
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions65 x 54 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, 1931.
Object number681
DescriptionA view from a height of narrow winding street, half in deep shadow. Sunshine reflects off the sea in the background where small boats lie at anchor in a harbour. Four figures, one of them a child, walk along the street facing towards the viewer.Painted in tones of grey, light brown and pink.
Antral was born at Chalons-sur-Marne, France. He studied in the studio of Cormon, a successful history and portrait painter. After the first world war he was appointed a member of the Committee of the Alson de Independants where he exhibited regularly until his death. While he also painted portraits, flowerpieces and still-lifts, he is best known for his land, town and seascapes, particularly his port and harbour scenes.
The coast of Finistere was a very popular location among artists from the 1860's onwards. Le Conquet, Finistere, which depicts a winding street in a hilly harbour town, shows the stylistic influence of primitive painters such as Rousseau.
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