Gaston Cornil, Gathering Winter Fuel, Time of the Great War, 1890s, Gouache & Watercolor & Paper, Framed

Description

Gaston Cornil.
French ( b.1883 - d.1940 ).
Récupérant Du Carburant Pour L’Hiver (Gathering Winter Fuel).
Watercolour and Gouache on … more Gaston Cornil.
French ( b.1883 - d.1940 ).
Récupérant Du Carburant Pour L’Hiver (Gathering Winter Fuel).
Watercolour and Gouache on Buff Paper.
Signed Lower Left.
Image size 12.4 inches x 15 inches ( 31.5cm x 38cm ).
Frame size 19.7 inches x 21.7 inches ( 50cm x 55cm ).

Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original painting is by the French artist Gaston Cornil and dates from the time of The Great War.
The painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind glass.
A small tear in the paper in the top right hand corner is just visible and has been stabilised and secured during framing.
This antique painting is in good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed lower left.

Gaston Cornil was a French post-impressionist landscape artist and illustrator. He painted lively rural and urban landscapes, often in gouache.
Cornil was born on 15 May 1883. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, under Emile Dameron and Edmond Petitjean. Cornil exhibited his works at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1906 to 1939, becoming its president immediately after the First World War, and receiving a first prize medal in 1931. He appears in the ‘Dictionnaire des Peintres de Montmarte’.
He was also the creator of a series of postcards and advertising posters.

Today, some of his works are held in the Musée de Verdun (Meuse).
The works of Gaston Cornil are quite rare on the open art market, but have very occasionally appeared in public sales in Europe and the USA since the 1960s. The French State have acquired a significant number of his works in this period.

© Big Sky Fine Art

This charming original painting by French artist Gaston Cornil is created in watercolour and gouache on buff paper. It is signed in the lower left section. The painting depicts a scene on a snowy day, on a hillside above a small town. In the foreground a woman, dressed in a long warm clothes and hat, is pushing a wheelbarrow. The barrow is loaded with scraps of firewood, collected from the woodland. In the mid-ground there is a collection of buildings, with snow on their roofs and hints of light in their windows. In the background, in contrast to the pale frost and snow, the sky is alight with the golden glow of sunset. We imagine that the woman will return to her home, light her fire and enjoy the comfort and warmth this will bring. This piece has an attribution mark,
I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution less