Man in Dark french painting gentleness and a captivating technical

gentleness and a captivating technical mastery

Colignon was interested throughout his career in the rendering and expression of light through numerous researches during his travels in Brittany

Colignon was a member of the Groupe des XX (1883-1893)

with some impacts on the side edges

The painting has some tiny cracks and missing paint flecks

Man in Dark french painting gentleness and a captivating technicalAntique oil portrait on canvas from Paris: French School of the 19th century oil on canvas. The canvas is perfectly smooth. An academic bust portrait of a French Bourgeois. The rendering is realistic with a detailed work of the physiognomy and its color variations. The gentleman sitter is dressed to perfection, and yet looks like he doesn't want to be sitting for a painting, perhaps illuminating something of the relationship between the sitter and