Lot n° 159
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
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Result
: 700EUR
Ignace François BIBAL (1878 - 1944) - Lot 159
Ignace François BIBAL (1878 - 1944)
Portrait of a woman
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1931 lower right
92.5 x 65 cm
Framed
NOTICE
Ignace François Bibal (1878-1944) was a French painter and draftsman in the realist, regionalist tradition, in which meticulous observation of everyday life and local landscapes played a central role. Close to the artistic currents of the early 20th century, Bibal is comparable to artists such as Jean-François Millet and Léon Augustin Lhermitte, who also emphasized the representation of rural life and workers with an approach that was both humanist and realistic.
His attachment to the landscapes of southwestern France and to scenes of everyday life also brings him into close contact with artists such as Henri Martin, a painter from Toulouse renowned for his poetic depictions of the region's landscapes and light, and Jean-Gabriel Domergue, who although better known for his worldly portraits, shares with Bibal an interest in staging French life at the time.
Bibal also has affinities with Émile Friant, a realist painter known for his scenes of daily life and portraits imbued with dignity and emotion, and with Jules Breton, whose depictions of peasants and rural life possess a comparable sensibility. These artists, like Bibal, valued the authenticity of scenes of ordinary life, while capturing the light and atmosphere of the landscapes they painted.
Ignace François Bibal, although less well-known than some of these names, was part of this tradition of realist artists who celebrated the beauty of everyday life and the simplicity of rural life, at a time when industrialization and urbanization were beginning to transform the French landscape.
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