PAUL MATHIEU 'Paysage impressionniste' oil on panel, ca 1915

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A very fine impressionist landscape, painted in oil on cardboard circa 1915.
Made up of brushstrokes in the manner of the pointillist painters, the artist used very little material to produce his work here, and there are many unpainted spaces.
The style and colours of the house and the landscape as a whole suggest that this is the Belgian coast or the north of France (Ostend, Steene, etc.).
The palette is sober but sustained, luminous, the painting is pleasant and lively.

Dimensions with frame: 48 X 63 cm.

Biography: 
Paul Mathieu (1872 - 1932) was a Belgian Impressionist painter and watercolourist.
He trained at the drawing school in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and with J. Meyer. In his youth, he sought inspiration in the Soignes forest. In 1893, he was a founder member of Le Sillon, where he worked side by side with the painter Alfred Bastien. From 1896, he abandoned still life painting to become a landscape painter.
He was a late Belgian representative of Impressionism. Paul Mathieu appreciated pearly light, clarity and refined colours. His subjects were initially landscapes of Flanders, Brabant, the Kempen and the Belgian coast. From the First World War onwards, having left Belgium to live in Paris, he enjoyed depicting the landscapes of the Île-de-France and Provence. As a result, he gained great renown in France, where he was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1923.
He taught at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels from 1896 to 1932. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president of the Société royale des beaux-arts de Belgique.

His works can be found in most European museums.