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Title: Guy Nicod; Cubist Gouache French Village Landscape With Trees Houses And Church Tower

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Title: Cubist Gouache French Village Landscape With Trees Houses And Church Tower Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches (height x width)
Provenance: Artists estate, France Condition: fair with age wear, surface creases, and fraying to the sheet edges
Description: This vibrant gouache by French modernist Guy Nicod presents a cubist interpretation of a rural village, where bold geometry and vivid colour planes transform the landscape into a rhythmic abstraction. At the centre rises a tall church tower, flanked by red-roofed houses and intersected by angular planes of ochre, blue, and white. Surrounding trees are rendered as rounded green discs, their simplified forms contrasting with the sharp, faceted architecture. In the foreground, a branching tree anchors the left side of the composition, its brown trunk and limbs reaching into the frame like an organic counterpoint to the angular houses. The road curves into the scene from the lower right, guiding the viewer’s eye toward the layered geometry of the village. Rolling hills stretch into the background, their muted blues and browns providing depth and contrast to the saturated foreground. Nicod’s use of gouache produces crisp lines and a luminous finish, allowing the interplay of colour and form to dominate the composition. The work demonstrates clear influence from Cubism and early 20th-century French abstraction, while maintaining a warmth and accessibility through its recognisable subject matter of village life. For collectors, this piece offers excellent SEO relevance and appeal: French cubist landscape, village scene with church, abstract houses and trees, modernist gouache painting. Its strong decorative impact, architectural rhythm, and saturated palette make it an ideal focal piece for both private collections and contemporary interiors.

Reserve: $668.00

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Guy Nicod; Cubist Gouache French Village Landscape With Trees Houses And Church Tower

Name: Guy Nicod; Cubist Gouache French Village Landscape With Trees Houses And Church Tower
SKU: 225691815
Price: 320 USD
Availability: InStock