20th Century French School Pine Tree by the Coast

20th Century French SchoolPine Tree by the Coast

20th Century French School | France
Gouache on paper

Signed: lower right.

Dimensions:
Framed: 43.5 × 50.5 cm | 17.1 × 19.9 in
Artwork: 25 × 32 cm | 9.8 × 12.6 in

Provenance:
Private Collection.

Condition:
Good vintage condition with some signs of wear. Framed.

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Signed lower right.

Pine Tree by the Coast from the 20th Century French School captures the serene rhythm of the Mediterranean shoreline. Executed in gouache on paper, the work conveys movement and stillness through simplified forms and gentle chromatic modulation — the breeze of the sea distilled into color and gesture.

The pine leans gracefully toward the horizon, its silhouette etched against the luminous sky. The composition is reduced yet expressive: soft greens, blues, and ochres harmonize to evoke the warmth of southern light and the timeless intimacy of solitude by the sea.

This small but lyrical landscape is a meditation on balance — between air and earth, motion and calm — transforming a fleeting coastal moment into quiet poetry.