French, 1857-1917

A student of Cabanel, Fournier obtained the Grand Prix de Rome in 1881 and exhibited at the Paris Salons receiving medals in 1889 and 1890 at the Exposition Universelle. In 1900 Fournier was medaled at the Salon and received the Legion of Honor. He was primairily a history painter and was commissioned with numerous official State commissions including the Insititut and the Ecole Normale, and work on the Grand Palais des Beaux Arts in Paris. This landscape is a charming French riverbank scene featuring a little boat similar to Charles Francois Daubigny's "le botin" from which he painted while floating down river searching for an inspiring view. Fournier's works are conserved in numerous French museums including Aix, Morlaix, Paris (Comedie Francais), Periguex, and Sens, among others.