Lucien Henry ( 1850-1895) was a very popular painter during the 19 century , he was very productive and famous for his landscape that the high society did largely order from him , he is what we call a painter from the Barbizon school , in vogue at the time with worldwide famous artist like Corot , Diaz, Rousseau, that you can see in every good fine art museum around the world, this art mouvement was at the time revolutionary by changing the techniques of painting used by the previous mouvement , interested in realism, often painted nature , in the region of Fontainbleau, it is also directly associated with the romanticism mouvement , so popular at the time , Barbizon is a village in that region were painters would go to paint . This piece is exactly representative of Lucien Henry at the best of his art , you can find this artist listed in the fine art artist book like Akoun etc... . This piece is on the original canvas and signed at the right bottom of the painting, size of painting without frame is 21 1/2 on 15 1/2 , with frame 25 1/2 on 21 1/2. A must in an art collection, and a style that can feet in any interior , classic or modern. here you are buying a real piece of art from a listed artist of a major artistic movement of french art and world art history