Henri LEBASQUE (1865-1937). The banks of the Marne at Lagny, 1906. Oil on canvas signed lower left. Height : 54 cm - Width : 73 cm Provenance : - Public auction sale of May 10, 1983 at Maître Claude Robert in Paris, under n°179 ; - Public auction November 29, 1986, Maître Guy Loudmer, Paris, under no. 138; - November 10, 1989 auction by Maîtres Dumousset-Debureaux, Paris; - Sale by public auction on April 1, 1990, by Maître Guy Loudmer, Paris, under no. 94; - Private collection in Paris, then by descent. Bibliography: reproduced on p.108 in the artist's catalog raisonné by Denise Bazetoux, Henri Lebasque : catalog raisonné, Arteprint, 2008, Tome I. Note: a post-impressionist painter, Henri Lebasque was very sensitive to the luminosity and subjects of the Impressionists. Around 1900, suffering from rheumatism and on the advice of his doctor, he moved to the countryside on the banks of the Marne, a place that was to be a great source of inspiration until 1906. He then decided to move to the South of France, where he met Pierre Bonnard, who was to have a major influence on his work. His landscapes, bathed in soft light, and his family scenes were a great success. The historian Paul Vitry (1872-1941) summed up his work well, writing at the time: "Painting in light and in joy joy, spontaneously, lightly and without apparent effort, such seems to be the function and genius of Henri Lebasque...".