Man in Dark french painting with a generous brush

with a generous brush

gentleness and a captivating technical mastery

He specialized in portraits and participated in numerous salons

Colignon was interested throughout his career in the rendering and expression of light through numerous researches during his travels in Brittany

Man in Dark french painting with a generous brushAntique oil portrait on canvas from Paris: French School of the 19th century oil on canvas. The canvas is perfectly smooth. An academic bust portrait of a French Bourgeois. The rendering is realistic with a detailed work of the physiognomy and its color variations. The gentleman sitter is dressed to perfection, and yet looks like he doesn't want to be sitting for a painting, perhaps illuminating something of the relationship between the sitter and