![Henri Eugene Augustin Le Sidaner - The Table of Maison Fleurie [1928]](http://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8119/29124200735_ec593f85b0_b.jpg)
Le Sidaner travelled extensively throughout his life, visiting Holland, Belgium, Venice, London and New York; he also travelled throughout France. During his lifetime, he exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris and the Goupil Gallery in London. He worked in the realist style, but his love of penumbra and twilight create a poetic and dreamy quality to his technical expertise. There is also undoubtedly an influence of optics on Le Sidaner’s work. The atmosphere of his paintings, whether they are landscapes or still lifes result from both his delicate style of painting and his choice of subjects.
[Trinity House Auctions, London & New York - Oil on canvas, 91.44 x 73.66 cm]