Avant L'orage Barbizon painting It is signed in the

It is signed in the lower right hand corner

the dancer appears in a luminous white dress

he joined the Fauvist movement and exhibited his paintings extensively in Europe and the United States

Creation date: Circa 1930-40

Avant L'orage Barbizon painting It is signed in the20th century oil painting on hardboard, signed F. Gantois (20th century) in the lower right. A countryside landscape featuring dense clusters of foliage in the foreground, mirroring the choppy movement and unrest of the sky through both texture and color, as well as the interplay of light and shadow. The perspective draws the eye toward a distant outcropping of trees beneath a heavy, overcast sky. Parts of the landscape were executed with a palette