Landscape in Chaufour, France with a view of the Village and River

This modernist landscape is painted in stylised, blocky strokes of pure colour, evoking the feeling of sunset by the river.

Michael Adlen was a Ukranian artist who in Paris during the 1920s, where he was influenced by Cubism. This can be felt in the way the buildings are painted in this work.

A number of his engravings were purchased during his lifetime by museums in Moscow and Kiev.

Artist name: Michel Adlen (b. Saki, Ukraine 1898 - d. Paris, France 1980)

Date: Approx 1920-1930

Size Approx.: Medium

Framed: H 45.2 x W 61 cm

Unframed: H 30 cm x W 46.5 cm

Weight: 1.7 kg

Medium: Oil on Canvas, framed. Signed lower right 'Adlen'.

Condition: Very good. Original patina/vanish with age-related surface dirt. Could definitely do with a light clean. White spirit and cotton wool.