This forest landscape with sticks collectors was created in the late 19th century by French painter A.Gins and is a typical example of famous French Barbison School of painters. The only trace of this painter we collected in the price date bases : www.artnet.com and www.artprice.com where were represanted his 13 landscapes works.

For reference: the Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, near the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form.The leaders of the Barbizon school were Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet and Charles-François Daubigny; Jules Dupré, Constant Troyon, Charles Jacque, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Henri Harpignies, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and others.

Literature: exhibition cataloque "L´Ecole de Barbison", Lyon, musee de Beaux-Arts, 2002; D. Croal Thomson "The Barbizon School of Painters" , London, 1890; in on-line: www.artprice.de .

Inscription: signed and dated:" Gins (18)98" lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 21 1/4" x h 25 5/8" (54 x 65 cm), framed w 30 1/4" x h 34 5/8" (77 x 88 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.