Louis-Claude Malbranche (1790-1838) Scene of country life in the snow oil on canvas circa 1820
 
The paintings of scenes of life or villages under the snow are always full of beauty.
 
Louis-Claude Malbranche gives us his interpretation of this hard life in the country villages in this beginning of the XIXth century. The village comes alive, everyday life, under the snow the rural world goes about its business.
 
Beautiful and poetic animated landscape, representing a village under the snow, in a mixed sky.
 
Our painting is not signed, the attribution was given by the Turquin expert firm.
 
Dimensions without frame: Height 31 cm - Length 38 cm. 
Dimensions with frame: Height 49 cm - Length 56 cm.
 
In good state of conservation, we have had a professional cleaning carried out, small repaints in the sky. Our painting is presented in its original frame in carved and gilded wood.
 
Biography :
 
Louis-Claude Malbranche: September 2, 1790 in Caen – November 4, 1838 in Caen was a French lithographer and painter of landscapes and seascapes.
 
It is through its snow that Malbranche has acquired the most reputation; he especially has the merit of having overcome, as far as possible, the difficulty and the monotony of the subject. In other parts of the landscape, some critics reproached him for being too easy, which must perhaps be attributed to his need to sell. Be that as it may, his snows have an incontestable superiority over all that has been done, in this genre, by French painters, and put him next to the good Flemish painters.
 
Paintings:
 
The return of the market, effect of snow on Paris, around 1830, Carnavalet museum.
Military convoy, Bar le Duc Barrois Museum.
Winter landscape, Belfort, Museum of Art and History.
Interior of chapel, Dijon Magnin museum.
Village street under the snow, Dijon, Magnin museum.
Winter landscape, snow effect, Laval, old castle museum.
Romantic landscape with a tower, 1820, Museum of Fine Arts, Caen.
Landscape, Normandy coast, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
Landscape, snow effect, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
Landscape, surroundings of Beauvais, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
Ruins of a castle and moon effect, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
View of the city of Caen taken from the side of the old Orne river, formerly at the Caen Museum of Fine Arts, work destroyed.
View of Normandy, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
Snow effect, Bernay Museum of Fine Arts.
View of Caen (snow effect), Museum of Fine Arts in Anger.
Entrance to a port, moonlight, museum of the Old Manor of Orbec.
Winter landscape, Speyer historical museum of the Palatinate.
French soldiers in retreat from Russia, Spier, Historical Museum of the Palatinate.
The return of the market (effect of snow on Paris), Carnavalet museum.
 
Retrospectives:
 
Louis-Claude Malbranche, 1790–1838, Caen Museum of Fine Arts, November 24, 2001 – February 25, 2002;
Boulogne -Billancourt Marmottan Library, March 21 – June 22, 20022
 
Notes and references :
 
Malebranche in the Joconde database.
Jeannine Davy, “Louis-Claude Malbranche (Caen 1790 – Caen 1838)”, Le pays d’Auge, March–April 2002, p. 38-42.
 
References:
 
Georges Mancel, "Note on Malbranche, landscape and marine painter", Directory of the five departments of Normandy, Caen, A. Le Roy, 1838, p. 454-456.
Jeannine Davy (under the direction), cat. exp. Louis-Claude Malbranche (1790-1838), Caen, Caen Fine Arts Museum, and Boulogne-Billancourt, Marmottan Library, 2001.

Louis-Claude Malbranche (1790-1838) Scene of country life in the snow oil on canvas circa 1820

Paintings of scenes of life or villages under the snow are always full of beauty.

Louis-Claude Malbranche gives us his interpretation of the harshness of country village life in the early 19th century. The village comes to life, everyday life under the snow, the country folk going about their business.

A beautiful and poetic animated landscape, depicting a village under the snow, with a cloudy sky.

Our painting is not signed, the attribution was given by the Cabinet d’expertise Turquin.

Sizes unframed: H 12.20 Inches. – W 14.96 Inches.
Sizes framed: H 19.29 Inches. – W 22.04 Inches.

In good condition, we have done a professional cleaning, small repairs in the sky. Our painting is presented in its original carved and gilded wood frame.

Biography:

Louis-Claude Malbranche: September 2, 1790, in Caen – November 4, 1838, in Caen, was a French lithographer and painter of landscapes and seascapes.

It is with his snows that Malbranche has acquired the most reputation; he has especially the merit to have overcome, as far as it was possible, the difficulty and the monotony of the subject. In the other parts of the landscape, some critics have reproached him for being too easy, which is perhaps due to his need to sell. Whatever the case, his snows have an incontestable superiority over all that has been done, in this genre, by French painters, and put him next to the good Flemish painters.

Paintings:

The return of the market, effect of snow on Paris, around 1830, Carnavalet museum.
Military convoy, Bar le Duc Barrois Museum.
Winter landscape, Belfort, Museum of Art and History.
Interior of chapel, Dijon Magnin museum.
Village street under the snow, Dijon, Magnin museum.
Winter landscape, snow effect, Laval, old castle museum.
Romantic landscape with a tower, 1820, Museum of Fine Arts of Caen.
Landscape, Normandy coast, formerly in the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
Landscape, snow effect, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, destroyed work.
Landscape, surroundings of Beauvais, formerly at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
Ruins of a castle and moon effect, once in the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, work destroyed.
View of the city of Caen taken from the side of the old river of Orne, formerly in the Museum of Fine Arts of Caen, work destroyed.
View of Normandy, formerly in the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen, destroyed work.
Snow effect, Bernay Museum of Fine Arts.
View of Caen (snow effect), Museum of Fine Arts in Anger.
Entrance to a port, moonlight, museum of the Old Manor of Orbec.
Winter landscape, Speyer historical museum of the Palatinate.
French soldiers in retreat from Russia, Spier, Historical Museum of the Palatinate.
The return of the market (effect of snow on Paris), Carnavalet museum.

Retrospectives:

Louis-Claude Malbranche, 1790–1838, Caen Museum of Fine Arts, November 24, 2001 – February 25, 2002;
Boulogne -Billancourt Marmottan Library, March 21 – June 22, 20022

Notes and references:

Mallebranche in the Mona Lisa database.
Jeannine Davy, “Louis-Claude Malbranche (Caen 1790 – Caen 1838)”, Le pays d’Auge, March–April 2002, p. 38-42.

Bibliography:

Georges Mancel, "Note on Malbranche, landscape and marine painter", Directory of the five departments of Normandy, Caen, A. Le Roy, 1838, p. 454-456.
Jeannine Davy (under the direction), cat. exp. Louis-Claude Malbranche (1790-1838), Caen, Caen Fine Arts Museum, and Boulogne-Billancourt, Marmottan Library, 2001.