Henri FOREAU (1866-1938) - Lot 339

Henri FOREAU (1866-1938) Rouergue mountains, ox team. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Signed lower right. H. 27 x W.38 cm. Bibliography : Reproduced on page 41 of the catalog by Edith Herment and Eric Desmarest, Henri Foreau, peindre de l'air et de l'eau, Les Editions l'amateur. Bibliography: Born in 1866 and died in 1938 in Paris, Henri FOREAU was a pupil of Jules LEFEBVRE, Henry LEVY, Luc-Olivier MERSON and above all Henri HARPIGNIES, of whom he was to become a close friend. Although he used a variety of techniques - oil, drawing - it was in watercolor that he gave his fullest expression, notably through his three main themes: the French countryside, parks and gardens, Paris and the Paris region.