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Mountain landscape , dated 1903
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left
Here, André Barbier represents a hilly landscape. Painter on the motive, it is supposed that he climbed to the tops of the mountains to choose his motive: nature. It represents the bright and colorful variations of autumn. In the foreground, the side of the mountain seems to flow into the lake. The water is vividly colored, as if adorned with shades of changing tones. In the distance, snow-covered mountains rise to the overcast sky.
In 1903, at the age of twenty, André Barbier moved to Paris. He became the friend of Claude Monet, Alain Marquet, Maurice Denis and Georges d'Espagnat… The Parisian circle introduced him to the painting of the turn of the century which revolutionized the pictorial thought of the time. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants from 1903 to 1938 as well as at the Salon d'Automne and the Tuileries, then exhibited his works in personal exhibitions, notably at the Galerie Durand-Ruel.
He painted many landscapes of Paris and its inner suburbs, Normandy and the French Riviera, as far as Italy. André Barbier is described by those close to him as generous, altruistic, open-minded, passionate about music, astronomy and photography. His technique and his mastery of light prove his intimate understanding of the subtleties of Impressionism.
