JAPY Louis Aimé 19th Century Painting Barbizon School Oil On Canvas Signed

JAPY Louis Aimé (1840/1916)
The herd in the clearing.
Oil on canvas signed lower right .
50x65 cm
Certificate of authenticity.
Museums: Amsterdam, Budapest, Langres, Limoux, Manchester, Morlaix, Paris (Musée d'Orsay) Pau, Roanne, Saint-Etienne, Washington.
Louis-Aime Japy
A pupil of François-Louis Français and J.-B.-Camille Corot, Louis-Aimé Japy disdains the family industry to devote himself to landscape painting. He started at the Salon of the Society of French Artists in 1864 and exhibited there very regularly until 1914. He obtained a medal in 1870, a second class medal in 1873, and the silver medal at the Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900. He became a member of the French Artists in 1883, appeared in a group exhibition at Georges Petit in Paris, in 1888, and was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1906. Japy visited Italy at the start of his career and has brought back from this trip several subjects of paintings, but he mainly painted French sites, particularly of the Jura and his native Doubs. He also brought back many landscapes from his travels in Brittany, Picardy and in the Oise. He is fond of delicate light studies and possesses a quivering touch, without however neglecting the precision of the drawing. Considered one of the most gifted students of Corot, Louis-Aimé Japy knows how to translate nature with great sensitivity. The poetry that emerges from his pastoral scenes is often bathed in a melancholy light. His works are present in many museums.