Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939) - Spring Sky, 1913, Municipal Museum of Le Touquet.The artist first visited the village of Gerberoy in 1900 and was so taken with the Norman domestic architecture and the local gardens that he bought a home there (now open to the public). The soft blue of the spring sky in Picardie hovered over the scenes of domestic tranquility that Le Sidaner painted. He died before those skies were clouded by the smoke of a second world war.
Also visit http://www.lesidaner.com/ and http://www.lesjardinshenrilesidaner.fr/.
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Thank you for introducing me to this artist. I am now completely mesmerizred my this artist and I have a Le Sidaner as my desktop. The mutedness is lovely.
Some of the images on the website remind me of the Marcel Pagnol films, Le Château de ma mère, and La Gloire de mon père. They are worth a look.
This is my fourth piece about Le Sidaner. "Winter Chairs" from 12/26/08 and "Henri Le Sidaner Revisited" from 03/09/08 are still online. I first became interested in his work in spite of the pretty garden pictures (not my personal favorites) and have been trying to figure out ever since what attracts me to his work - if that matters. I have long taken nocturnal walks and Le Sidaner seems to have spent a lot of time painting outdoors in the evenings by himself.
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