La Fôret March Collection starting with the stunning sky

starting with the stunning sky that opens the scene and gradually closes over the edge of the forest

The landscape itself looks like Fontainebleau south of Paris

while the brown sheep rests its head affectionately against its companion

Materials: Oil on canvas with a 19th-century Beaux-Arts wooden frame

La Fôret March Collection starting with the stunning sky19th century oil on canvas signed lower right Eug. Bourgeois for Eugne Victor Bourgeois (18551909). A forest landscape in the tradition of late 19th century woodland painting. The foreground clearing is held in shadow, while light expands toward the center of the composition. A solitary figure, a woman carrying a basket, introduces scale and presence within the woods and harvested landscape. The treatment of light is measured and deliberate, giving