Emile CHEPFER (1876-1944). - Lot 432

Emile CHEPFER (1876-1944). "La Halte des cavaliers". Oil on canvas signed and dated 1892 lower right. Dimensions: 44 x 60 cm. He was born in Nancy in 1876 and died in 1944. Pupil of Devilly, who was Director of the Nancy Ecole de Dessin. He began exhibiting Impressionist works at the Nancy Salon before 1896. He also exhibited at the Remiremont and Saint Dié Salons. At the 1895 Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, he exhibited two oil paintings, "Chasseurs à pied" and "Scène de bivouac", and a large part of his work was devoted to the military, depicted on parade or in the field, on foot or on horseback, with a particular affection for the First Empire. He also painted a few landscapes of Lorraine and views of Nancy without soldiers. His work is on display at Nancy's Musée des Beaux-Arts. Bibl.: Harcos "Peintres et graveurs lorrains" (Lorraine painters and engravers) Lorraine art consultant: Mr. Robert Leterrier