A 20th-century French School oil painting on cardboard attributed to Adolphe Albert Rey (1863-1944). The work has texture to the touch.
The sky occupies two-thirds of the painting with a myriad of colors that almost resemble a rainbow, depicted in the most romantic and dreamy of tones, yet maintaining its realism. Heavy dollops of paint seem to mark foliage and a house nestled within the hills.
About the artist:
Adolphe Albert Rey was a French post-impressionist painter born on April 8, 1863, in Châteauvilain, near Lyon. He passed away in the same region on August 27, 1944, in Bourgoin-Jallieu.
Belonging to the generation of artists who dedicated themselves to impressionist landscapes, following in the footsteps of pioneers like his friend and teacher, the painter Victor Charreton (1864-1936), Adolphe Albert Rey painted with quick brushstrokes, capturing places that resonated with him through the seasons, light, and colors.
He visited Murol several times, a small mountain town with 1,500 inhabitants located between the Puy de Sancy and the Puy de Dôme, where Impressionist painters gathered.
Rey exhibited in Paris and also at La Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts. In 2008, a retrospective exhibition was dedicated to him at the Murol museum.
