Landscape with flowering bush on the lake shore was executed in the early 20th Century in the style of famous French painter and printmaker Louis Valtat (French 1869-1952) associated with the Fauves movement ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibited together in 1905 at the Salon d'Automne. He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse.

Literature: lexicons by Bénézit; Thieme/Becker and others; "Louis Valtat (1869 - 1952): Color and Light", REHS, 2008; on-line Wikipedia.

Inscription: unsigned.

Technique: oil on cardboard, original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 12 1/4" x h 18 1/8" (31,5 x 46 cm), framed 19 1/8" x 24 5/8"(48,5 x 62,5 cm)

Condition: very good.