Jean Colin, La Seine A Paris

Jean Colin, La Seine A ParisThis impressionistic 20th century oil painting by Belgian artist Jean Colin (1881 1961) depicts a view on the River Seine, Paris. In our elevated position on the Saint Michel embankment, we look across to the Cathdrale Notre Dame. The river is a haze of late Summer captured in warm hues. Passers by are picked out in near silhouette and cast long shadows. While the conspicuous monument, in silvery blue shadows, towers over the bridge. Colin painted the

He was resident at the Villa Medici in Rome in 1925 and was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1937

And as you see here

fur-covered wanderers captured the imagination and brought a gritty realism to the typical pastoral idyll

A letter provides further provenance and it’s included with the painting

The awnings of shops visible on the right

well suited for the parts he played’

Simon Van Gelderen (1905-1986)

1915Provenance: EnglandCondition: Areas of light craquelure

The frame has a few losses here and there but it’s fine to hang

which add to its ‘lost in time’ appearance

408 achieved for an oil painting in 1995

sacrifice and death