Title: Guy Nicod; Modernist French Landscape with Cows Trees and Yellow and Blue Roofs Description: Title: Modernist French Landscape with Cows Trees and Yellow and Blue Roofs Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Oil pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 x 23.5 inches (height x width) Provenance: Artists estate, France Condition: Good – strong colour and surface integrity, minor edge wear consistent with age Description: A dynamic and richly stylised work by French modernist artist Guy Nicod (1923–2021), this expressive landscape fuses rural life and abstraction in a bold oil pastel composition. At its centre is a distinctive thatched or curved yellow roof structure, nestled among fragmented forms that suggest both architecture and organic growth. The sweeping strokes and vibrant colour blocks create a scene full of tension, movement, and pastoral energy. Below the central building, three small dark figures — cows or goats — graze along a path or pasture, grounding the scene in rural agricultural life. Their silhouettes provide contrast against the brilliant yellow roof and deep blue tones of the surrounding structures. In the background, layered trees and fields emerge through a Cubist framework of angular lines and fractured space. Twisting tree trunks and stormy skies contribute to the sense of an untamed natural world pulsing around the built environment. Guy Nicod’s mastery of colour is on full display here, with expressive use of cobalt blue, golden ochre, and violet against earthy greens and rich blacks. His compositions often walk the line between representation and abstraction, drawing influence from early 20th-century movements like Fauvism and Cubism. This work would appeal to collectors of mid-century modernist art, lovers of French rural scenes, or anyone seeking a powerful and energetic composition that evokes the rhythms of nature and life beyond the city. Its rich texture and sculptural drawing style make it an evocative, eye-catching piece.
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