Georges Michel, attributed to - Marsh Landscape - image-1

Lot 1503 Dα

Georges Michel, attributed to - Marsh Landscape

Auction 1132 - overview Cologne
18.05.2019, 14:00 - 19th Century
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.820 € (incl. premium)

Georges Michel, attributed to

Marsh Landscape

Oil on paper, mounted on canvas. 51 x 70 cm.

Most of what we know regarding Georges Michel's biography is derived from notes made by his widow. The artist never signed his works and rarely ever dated them. He is considered one of the most important pioneers of French Romantic landscape painting and a forerunner of the Barbizon School.

Provenance

Galerie Heinemann, Munich (with written certificate of authenticity 3.7.1918).