From the heights of La Turbie, Bernard de Guinhald captures the electric energy of a Mediterranean moonrise in this powerful 1925 painting.
Guinhald’s technique is direct and confident; he builds the landscape with a thick, almost sculptural application of paint that gives the surface a tangible, energetic texture. This work is a quintessential product of its time, painted during the height of the années folles and blending the bold, emotional colour of Fauvism with a Post-Impressionist sensibility for form. It stands as a powerful testament to the vitality of French landscape painting between the wars.
Medium: Oil on board.
Inscription on Font: Signed and dated lower right: B. de Guinhald / 1925.
Inscription on Verso: Titled and numbered on reverse: LEVER DE LUNE A LA TURBIE / 19.
Condition: The work is in excellent original condition, with a stable paint surface and strong, unfaded colours. Original black wood frame.
