Gustave Loiseau, 1865 Paris – 1935 ebenda

LA PLACE DE LA BASTILLE, 1922 Oil on canvas. 60 x 71.5 cm. Signed lower left. Dated "1922" verso on canvas. Stretcher with label "Loiseau N. 12110, La Place de la Bastille, Paris, 14 juillet 1922." In gilded ornamentally decorated profile frame with textile passepartout. Where the Bastille stood until the Revolution of 1789, symbolizing the unrestricted power of the Ancien Regime, now stands the July Column, crowned by the Genius of Liberty and commemorating the Revolution of 1830. In keeping with the revolution of 1789, as the Bastille was stormed on July 14 of that year, Loiseau created this painting on July 14, 1922, thus affirming the will to freedom, which he knows how to express in his brisk brushstroke.Loiseau was a French post-impressionist painter, known above all for his landscapes and street scenes. In 1890 he went to Pont-Aven in Brittany and came into contact with artists there, in particular Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) and Emile Henri Bernard (1868-1941). In the following years, he also traveled to Normandy and Brittany, where he painted the hills and rivers of the region. (1402372) (18) Gustave Loiseau, 1865 Paris - 1935 ibid. LA PLACE DE LA BASTILLE, 1922 Oil on canvas. 60 x 71.5 cm. Signed lower left. Dated "1922" on the reverse of the canvas. Stretcher with label "Loiseau n. 12110, La Place de la Bastille, Paris, 14 juillet 1922." The place where once stood the Bastille before the 1789 Revolution - a symbol of the unrestricted power of the Ancien Régime - the July Column now stands, crowned by the Spirit of Freedom and commemorating the 1830 Revolution. The Bastille was stormed on 14 July during the 1789 Revolution and fittingly Loiseau created this painting on 14 July 1922 affirming the will to freedom, skilfully expressed in his brisk brushwork.