Herve Jules Impressionist Painting 20th Paris Porte St Martin Grands Boulevards oil canvas signed

HERVE Jules René (1887/1981)
Paris, Porte St Martin The grand boulevards.
Oil on canvas signed lower left.
46x55 cm
Museums: Annecy, Calais, Casablanca, Chicago, Dijon, Langres, Luxeuil-Les-Bains, Montreal, New York, Paris, Saint-Etienne, Tourcoing, Troyes. Literature: Bénézit - Dictionary of the small masters of painting by Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne - "Jules rené Hervé an enchanting master of 20th century painting" by Bernard Masson - "Le haut du pavé de Langres" by Gérard Gueniot - The painter and the animal in France in the 19th century by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier - 
Jules René HERVE, Born in Langres (Haute-Marne) in 1887, Died in Langres in 1981
Painter of typical scenes, figures, portraits, landscapes.
A pupil of Fernand Cormon and Jules Adler, Jules René Hervé moved to Paris and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1910, Jules René Hervé received a silver medal in 1914 and a gold medal in 1925. Then Jules René Hervé divides his life between Paris and his hometown of which he paints, with a light brush, expert in small bright splinters on grays or ochres skilfully distributed, the humble and picturesque events, the portraits of his austere society in the monotonous and muted existence - But Jules René Hervé knows just as well how to restore the lively atmosphere of Parisian life and its monuments or the dancers in the foyer of the Opera - From his finely observed compositions emanate from delicate feelings - Appreciated by amateurs French and foreign, Jules René Hervé s "devoted to his art throughout his life -Jules René Hervé is considered" the last of the impressionists "
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