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Normandie cliffs of Treport in Normandie - France. O/W 30 x 40 cm

Léon RICHET 1843+1907

Conditions : huile sur bois en très bon état général. Dans son cadre d’origine 19ème.

Ce tableau représente une scène côtière marquée par une falaise imposante baignant dans une lumière douce, caractéristique du style impressionniste. Le ciel est richement texturé, mélangeant des nuances de bleu et de gris, tandis que la mer s'étend paisiblement à gauche. La composition dirige le regard vers la falaise centrale, où les détails architecturaux ajoutent une dimension d'émerveillement. La plage au premier plan est délicatement esquissée, évoquant le calme et la tranquillité. Le cadre doré aux ornements somptueux accentue l'élégance intemporelle de l'œuvre, soulignant son importance et sa valeur artistique. Les coups de pinceau affirmés et la maîtrise des nuances reflètent une combinaison parfaite entre observation minutieuse et interprétation artistique. Cette peinture capture non seulement un lieu, mais aussi une atmosphère, invitant le spectateur à s'immerger dans l'instant figé de beauté naturelle.

Type	Oil on board
Signature	Signed lower left
Size	30 X 40 cm

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Artist bio

Léon Richet Student of Narcisse Diaz de la Pena and Emile Van Marcke de Lummen, painter of the Barbizon school, Léon Richet was especially interested in the representation of animals and landscapes.

Landscape painter, Léon Richet was born in Solesmes on April 15, 1843 to Jean Baptiste Joseph Richet, miller, and Sophie Elisa Milon. His parents' mill is none other than the "Moulin Cardon", well known to the Solesmois.

Young, Léon Richet followed for a while the drawing and painting classes taught at the Academic Schools of Valenciennes by Mr. Ambroise Détrez, a former student of Léon Cogniet, who succeeded Julien Sotier. In 1879 he was appointed professor at the Lycée de Valenciennes.

In Paris, he became fond of the Valenciennes painter Teinturier and became a student of Jules Lefebvre and especially the disciple Diaz de la Pena with whom he sometimes collaborated (we come across paintings bearing both their signatures), he is as daring as him in his enameled way of treating the reflections of light in the water and the effects of the sun in the clouds.

At the Paris salons, he obtained an honorable mention in 1885, a 3rd class medal in 1898 and a 2nd class medal in 1900; from then on he was exempt from competition and proposed for the cross of the Legion of Honor.

Richet is almost always a diligent painter of the forest of Fontainebleau. His much admired painting "A Road in the Forest of Fontainebleau" attracted the public's attention to him. He exhibited at salons organized by the Society of French Artists from 1880 to 1906.

Léon Richet died in Paris on March 28, 1907.

Works Musée d’Orsay Portrait of Pierre Lanith Petit (1831 - 1909) The Gorges d'Apremont, painted between 1847 and 1907 Museum of Fine Arts of Reims Landscape with Marshes, 1872 Landscape, 1869 Landscape with marshes, digital museum Landscape with marshes, digital museum

Normandie cliffs of Treport in Normandie - France. O/W 30 x 40 cm

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