Narcisse Berchère, Landscape of Asnières-Sur-Seine Narcisse Berchère, 1800s, Oil on Canvas

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“Landscape of Asnières-sur-Seine” Narcisse Berchère, s. XIX – France

Exceptional oil on canvas signed by Narcisse Berchère, renowned artist of … more “Landscape of Asnières-sur-Seine” Narcisse Berchère, s. XIX – France

Exceptional oil on canvas signed by Narcisse Berchère, renowned artist of French origin. In it, the author masterfully captures the quiet beauty of the landscape, using a soft, muted color palette. This is the city of Asnières-sur-Seine, where the artist settled permanently after his years traveling through the Middle East, where he developed his orientalist period, his most recognized period. A hazy blue-gray sky transitions smoothly into bluish tones, creating a sense of atmospheric depth. The valley unfolds in a tapestry of greens and browns, with fields stretching across the foreground and background. The distant mountains further enhance the depth of the painting. However, the idyllic scene subtly contrasts with the growing industrialization of the time, as a bustling industrial scene can also be seen: buildings and chimneys emitting columns of smoke. The tranquil beauty of nature coexists with the growing forces of industrialization.
Narcisse Berchère (1819-1891)
Widely recognized as one of the most important early historical painters of the 19th century, Narcisse Berchère (1819-1891) was a painter, engraver and lithographer who spent his childhood in the Etampes region, where he early cultivated the art of drawing. He studied at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Théodore Rousseau and Corot, and as a student of Charles-Caïus Renoux and Jean Charles Joseph Rémond; although he seems to have been more influenced by the painters of the Barbizon School than by his immediate mentors.
His early landscapes tended to be dark and sober, although his palette became richer and brighter once he visited Provence and the Middle East, becoming a master of orientalist painting thanks to the scenes captured during his extensive travels. He visited Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece, Venice\. In 1856 he spent two months in Sinai with León Belly and then visited Lower Egypt with the painter Jean Léon Gérôme and the sculptor Bartholdi, traveling through the Nile Valley. Although it is Widely considered an orientalist, Berchère never obsessed with details of clothing or Islamic architecture; the artist's main interest was landscape painting.
He won several medals at various World Exhibitions and, after many years of traveling through North Africa and the Middle East, he settled in Asniéres-sur-Seine. Some of his works are preserved in the municipal museum of Étampes (Essonne).

Technique on support: Oil on canvas
Title: “Landscape of Asnières-sur-Seine”
Author: Narcisse Berchère (1819- 1891)
Signed in the lower right corner
Period: Second half of the 19th century
Country of origin: France
Good condition according to its age and use
Overall dimensions: 70 x 94.5 x 7.5 cm.
Dimensions without frame: 43.5 x 68 cm.

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