![Évariste Carpentier - Summer Holiday [c.1890-95]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/14061188824_c19eb61f51_o.jpg)
Évariste Carpentier (Kuurne, 1845 - Liège, 1922) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes and landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from the academic art to impressionism. After having painted religious subjects and a large number of Vendée scenes, he sought in rustic life and the open air those choice subjects which can only be tackled by artists who have the talent to take on the difficulty of painting the human figure in bright sunshine, in the green countryside, and beneath the ever beautiful, harmonious Flemish sky.
[Musée Fabre, Montpellier - Oil on canvas, 75 x 106.5 cm]