HERVE Jules René ( 1887 / 1981 )

Booksellers in front of Notre Dame de Paris.

Oil on canvas signed lower right.

38x46cm

Museums: Annecy, Calais, Casablanca, Chicago, Dijon, Langres, Luxeuil-Les-Bains, Montreal, New York, Paris, Saint-Etienne, Tourcoing, Troyes.

Literature: Bénézit - Dictionary of the little masters of painting by Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne - "Jules René Hervé an enchanting master of 20th century painting" by Bernard Masson - "Le haut du pavé de Langres" by Gérard Gueniot - The painter and the animal in France in the 19th century by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier -

Jules René HERVE

Born in Langres (Haute-Marne) in 1887

Died in Langres in 1981

Painter of typical scenes, figures, portraits, landscapes.

Pupil of Fernand Cormon and Jules Adler, Jules René Hervé moved to Paris and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1910, Jules René Hervé received a silver medal there in 1914 and a gold medal in 1925.

Then Jules René Hervé divides his life between Paris and his native town where he paints, with a light brush, expert in small bright bursts on skilfully distributed grays or ochres, humble and picturesque events, portraits of his austere society in the monotonous and hushed existence - But Jules René Hervé knows just as well how to restore the lively atmosphere of Parisian life and its monuments or the dancers in the foyer of the Opera -

From his finely observed compositions emanate delicate feelings - Appreciated by French and foreign amateurs, Jules René Hervé devoted himself to his art throughout his life -

Jules René Hervé is considered "the last of the Impressionists"