Achille GROS (Epeugney, 1851 - Dole (?), 1911) - Lot 123

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Achille GROS (Epeugney, 1851 - Dole (?), 1911) - Lot 123
Achille GROS (Epeugney, 1851 - Dole (?), 1911) Environs de Poligny, 1893 Large oil on canvas signed and dated lower right, titled on the back on an ink label 162 x 228 cm on view In a patinated oak frame This work was exhibited at the Salon in Paris, Palais des Champs-Elysées, in 1893, along with another composition of the same format, "Le Doubs à la Charbonnière", which has been in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon since 1894. Another work in the same format and in the same vein, Paysage du Jura, 1892, was sold at Drouot in 2004. The grotto in the cliff on the right must be the Trou de la Lune. Born in Epeugney, Doubs, Achille Gros studied at the Besançon School of Drawing, where he was a pupil of Nestor Bavoux. He painted extensively in the Val de Cusance and Doubs regions. He was a contemporary of Emile Isenbart and Antonin Fanart. Professor at the Ecole de Dessin de Dole, he was Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole from 1889 to 1911. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from the 1880s until the turn of the century. The museums of Dole and Besançon hold works by the artist.
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