The Banks of the Oise, Léon-Victor Dupré (1839)
Alongside his brother Jules Dupré of the Barbizon School, Victor painted the riverbanks of Ile-de-France, Berry and the Landes. The forest of Ile-Adam and the banks of the Oise were his favorite subjects. True to the Dutch tradition, he allocates as much space for the sky as for the riverbanks, resulting in colored tones of blue, green and brown laid boldly on the paste to accentuate the reflections of the sky in the water and in the surrounding nature. The isolated tree that gives rhythm to the composition is often found in the painter's work, while the ducks bring life to the immutability of the landscape.
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