"Charles Olivier de PENNE (Paris, 1831 – Marlotte, 1897) - Dogs at a standstill."
Oil on panel signed at the bottom right.
Dimensions: 32.5 x 40 cm, with frame 54 x 62 cm
Although Charles Olivier De Penne first practiced history painting, he is mainly recognized and appreciated for his hunting scenes and animal representations. It is attached to the Barbizon school. The present table illustrates our words: the dogs at a standstill are seized in full action, we can feel the excitement of the animals tracing a game. The surrounding vegetation is magnified by the free touch and the colorful palette of the painter.
The painter is a student of Léon Cogniet at the School of Fine Art in Paris and Charles Jacques, painter and engraver of the Barbizon school. Appreciated by critics, he is several times rewarded. He obtains a second Grand Prix of Rome. De Penne debuted at the Salon of 1857 and exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of 1889.
Bibliography: Guy de La porte, Chasse à courre, Paris, Renaissance du Livre, 2004. Claude Marumo, Charles Olivier de Penne in Barbizon and the landscape painters of the XIXth, Paris, Edition of the Amateur, 1975.
Museums: Paris, Collections of the National School of Fine Arts, Chantilly (Condé Museum), Senlis, Rennes, Gien (Hunting Museum)