Le Quai pres de Notre Dame

Jules Herve
(1887-1991)

Le Quai pres de Notre Dame

oil on canvas: 18 1/8 x 22 inches
framed: 26 1/2 x 30 inches
signed

PROVENANCE:
Alexander Kahan Fine Arts
Private Collection,New Jersey


Jules René Hervé (1887-1981)
Jules René Hervé was a French artist, born in 1887. It was in Langres, a town in the eastern part of France, where he began his art studies in an evening school. Known for his paintings of cityscapes and landscapes, Hervé painted in an impressionistic style that captured the shimmering texture of the city and the softer light of the countryside. When asked, the artist mentions that as far as he can remember, he always wanted to become an artist, being able to express through color the beauty of everything he would see.

Hervé arrived in Paris in 1908 and first continued his studies at the School of Decorative Arts, and then at the Fine Art School. Having his first-time exhibition at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1910, where he became a member. Hervé was also trained at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Decoratifs of Paris and studied with Fernand Cormon (French 1845–1924) and Jules Adler (French, 1865-1952). From 1911 to 1943, he taught painting with many generations of artists. Hervé was awarded multiple honors during his lifetime, he received a silver medal in 1914 from the Association of French Artists, including a gold medal by the association of the French artists in 1925 and a gold medal for the World Fair of 1937.