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Fine Art
15th–20th Century Original Paintings
RENE CHARLES EDMOND HIS
( 1877 - 1960 )
A very beautiful large signed oil on canvas in its original frame by Rene Charles Edmond His the french landscape and river painter. He specialised in views of the Seine, Yon and Eure rivers and showed them in all seasons in their tranquility. This large work is in its original frame and fully signed and in exceptional condition.
Title: “Water Lilies on a tranquil River”
Provenance: Private collection - France
Medium: Oil on original canvas
Size: c. 13 x 18 inches unframed / 21 x 26 inches framed
Condition: Very good original condition
French, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 15 February 1877, in Colombes; died 1960.
Painter. Landscapes, waterscapes.
René His was a pupil of Jules Lefebvre, Tony-Robert-Fleury and Henri Biva. He painted mostly landscapes of bodies of water, ponds and rivers and views of Provence and Algeria. He regularly exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français, receiving honourable mention in 1898, and honourable mention again with a 3rd class medal in 1900, when he became a member on the occasion of the Exposition Universelle.
Auction Records
Paris, 28 Dec 1923: Pool in the Wood, FRF 400
Paris, 26 June 1942: River Under the Trees, FRF 2,650
Paris, 19 March 1945: Pool in the Forest, FRF 12,000; Riverbanks Shadowed by Trees, FRF 20,000
Paris, 30 April 1947: River in the Wood, FRF 5,100
London, 20 Feb 1976: Landscape in Normandy (oil on canvas, 44½ × 64 ins/113 × 162.5 cm) GBP 500
Paris, 28 Nov 1977: Riverbanks (oil on canvas, 23½ × 32 ins/60 × 81 cm) FRF 5,900
London, 6 Feb 1987: Sunny Landscape (oil on canvas, 18½ × 24½ ins/47 × 62 cm) GBP 2,600
la Varenne-St-Hilaire, 12 March 1989: Landscape of the Eure (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) FRF 15,000
Paris, 12 Oct 1990: Landscape with Sheep (oil on canvas) FRF 9,000
New York, 26 May 1992: Wooded River Landscape (oil on canvas, 24 × 32 ins/61 × 81.3 cm) USD 2,640
New York, 29 Oct 1992: A Winding River (oil on canvas, 20 × 30 ins/50.8 × 76.2 cm) USD 1,650
Calais, 14 March 1993: River Edged with Trees (oil on canvas, 20 × 30 ins/51 × 76 cm) FRF 7,000
London, 16 June 1993: St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (oil on canvas, 25¼ × 31¾ ins/64 × 80.5 cm) GBP 4,370
New York, 19 Jan 1995: In the Forest (oil on canvas, 23¾ × 22 ins/60.3 × 55.9 cm) USD 2,185
London, 22 Feb 1995: River Landscape Bathed in Sunlight (oil on canvas, 22¾ × 31 ins/58 × 79 cm) GBP 5,175
London, 31 Oct 1996: Field of Peonies by a River (oil on canvas, 23½ × 32 ins/59.5 × 81 cm) GBP 4,600
Bury St Edmunds, 24 March 1999: Arcade of Leaves (oil on canvas, 20 × 26 ins/51 × 65 cm) GBP 2,400
Jersey, 29 Sept 1999: Le Casier, Village in Normandy (oil on canvas, 32 × 46 ins/81 × 116 cm) GBP 3,600
Billingshurst, 1 Feb 2000: River Landscape with Sheep and Shepherd, Autumn (oil on canvas, 19 × 25 ins/48 × 63 cm) GBP 2,700
New York, 8 March 2000: Washerwoman (oil on canvas, 31 × 45 ins/80 × 115 cm) USD 16,000
New York, 30 April 2001: Waterlilies on a Tranquil Pond (oil on canvas, 91 × 130 ins/230 × 330 cm) USD 26,000
London, 26 Sept 2001: River Landscapes (oil on canvas, a pair, 13 × 18 ins/33 × 46 cm) GBP 3,500
London, 1 May 2002: Waterlillies (oil on canvas, 20 × 26 ins/51 × 65 cm) GBP 1,800
Melun, 1 Dec 2002: River Bank (oil on canvas, 24 × 32 ins/60 × 81 cm) EUR 4,000
London, 5 June 2003: Summer's Day at the Banks of the River (oil on canvas, 21 × 29 ins/53 × 74 cm) GBP 3,250
London, 1 Oct 2003: River Landscape (oil on canvas, 26 × 36 ins/65 × 91 cm) GBP 4,200
London, 11 May 2004: Woodland Pool (oil on canvas, 45 × 63 ins/114 × 161 cm) GBP 7,400
Neuilly, 11 June 2004: Encampment by the Wadi (oil on canvas, 52 × 89 ins/132 × 225 cm) EUR 75,000
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