Henri Lebasque Signed French Coastal Landscape Watercolor on Paper Painting

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Keywords: NO RESERVE French watercolor, coastal landscape, seaside scene, cypress trees, Mediterranean view, beach scene, watercolor on paper, signed watercolor, French school, landscape, framed watercolor, harbor view, coastal art Henri Lebasque Signed French Coastal Landscape Watercolor on Paper. Signed Lebasque bottom right. An expert stamp for Franck de Willems, Antwerpen-Belgium, appears on verso. By 1900, Lebasque was married. He settled with his family in Lagny to the east of Paris until 1906, mostly painting scenes along the wooded banks of the Marne. At about that time, he was introduced to the Midi by his friend Albert Manguin and the region wrought a dramatic transformation on his painting, from which he never turned back. He also spent much time painting in other far-flung regions of the land, in Vendée, Brittany, Normandy, Sanary (near Toulon) and Nice. For periods in 1912, 1915 and 1921 he lived in Les Andelys, on the Seine to the west of Paris and used the backdrop of steep chalky cliffs against the leafy river to great effect in his paintings. For more than thirty years he used members of his own family as models in his paintings and the artifacts, interiors, houses, gardens, riverbanks and beaches in his pictures were drawn from places where he stayed for long periods. After spending a few seasons in Saint-Tropez and Saint-Maxime, he finally decided on Le Cannet, and made his permanent home there in 1924. Admiration as a fellow artist drew Lebasque to his friend and neighbor Bonnard, whose work bore a similarity in theme to his own. He was also acquainted with other leading artists of the day: Matisse, Rouault, Dufy, Valtat and Manguin, but his connections with them did not inflate his personality and neither did it eclipse his standing as an artist in his own right. He evolved a style all his own, creating a distinctly pleasing, understandable, and accessible way of painting. some light discoloration and minor surface wear. Mat and frame show age-related wear. Not examined out of frame. Overall presents well.)