Le Village town painting The work is very robust

The work is very robust

The frame has some small gaps and impacts

The technique brings vibrancy and dynamism to the depiction

The lemon as a subject is very present in Dutch Baroque paintings where they symbolize oriental opulence or human finitude when they are peeled

This small-scale landscape appears to be mostly abstract brushstrokes in purple and green

Le Village town painting The work is very robust20th century Belgian school oil painting on canvas, signed Piet Lippens, for Petrus Ren Lippens (1890 1981), in the lower right. The work has texture to the touch. A bold Impressionist view of a village featuring textured and comma shaped brushstrokes. From the viewpoint of the painting, we see primarily the side of one large house with white walls, a brown thatched roof and blue shutters. The house is illuminated against the organic tones of the road