André Chabert (1895 - 1961)

The Old Farm – 1942

Landscape painting representing an old stone farmhouse located near Grenoble, the former capital of Dauphiné. Oil on wood signed and dated 1942. Artist's note in French on the back: Type Ferme Dauphinoise (surroundings of Grenoble) Reconstitution.

André Léon Chabert was a French painter and poster and advertising designer. He was born in Grenoble on February 6, 1895. A pupil of the landscape painter André Albertin, he regularly exhibited oil and watercolour landscapes at the Salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts in his hometown from 1919. He combined his artistic career with his professional activity as an architect.

André Léon died in Grenoble on January 20, 1961.

Sources: Pierre Le Quéau, 20 ans de sociologie de l'art: Bilan et perspectives (1985); Archives de France.

Artist: André Chabert (1895 - 1961)
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition.
Dimensions: 30 x 50 cm. / 12 x 19 ¾ in.
Frame: 43 x 62 cm. / 17 x 24 ½ in. Wood, very good condition.
Origin: France.