Avant L'orage Barbizon painting in Antwerp

in Antwerp

It is signed in the lower right hand corner

The family lineage disappeared in 1925

The work is signed Villemain (19th & 20th century) and dated June 86 for 1886

the dancer appears in a luminous white dress

Avant L'orage Barbizon painting in Antwerp20th century oil painting on hardboard, signed F. Gantois (20th century) in the lower right. A countryside landscape featuring dense clusters of foliage in the foreground, mirroring the choppy movement and unrest of the sky through both texture and color, as well as the interplay of light and shadow. The perspective draws the eye toward a distant outcropping of trees beneath a heavy, overcast sky. Parts of the landscape were executed with a palette