Mid Century French Post Impressionist Signed Provence Landscape Oil Painting

Key Details
Artist: French School, mid 20th century, signed
Title: Provençal landscape
Medium: Oil painting on card, framed
Size: Painting: 15 x 18 inches; framed: 20.5 x 23.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Vaucluse, France
Condition: Good and pleasing condition
Signature / inscriptions: Signed lower left

Description
A mid century French Post Impressionist oil painting depicting a Provençal landscape, signed lower left. The composition looks across a sunlit rural property set among cypress trees, olive trees and rolling hills, with a large foreground tree framing the view. The palette is fresh and distinctly southern French, with bright greens, warm stone tones, deep blue shadows and loose, expressive brushwork.

Framed and measuring 20.5 x 23.5 inches overall, this is a practical and decorative size for a sitting room, hallway, kitchen, bedroom or study. The Provençal subject gives it warmth and character, while the greens and earth tones would sit comfortably with natural wood, linen, stone, rattan, painted furniture or a relaxed country interior.

There is an easy charm to this painting, but it is not overly polished or sentimental. The bold tree forms and simplified shapes give it a strong mid century character, making it well suited to an interior that mixes French country pieces with more modern, collected elements. Its Vaucluse provenance adds a nice connection to the landscape it depicts.