Keywords: Gustave Loiseau, Paris, Le Port Henri IV, 1921.jpg The Post-Impressionist Gustave Loiseau painted landscape and architectural motifs in the rain fog snow and sunshine in his own particular style in an Impressionist manner The changes he witnessed in these repeating scenes at different times of the day and year fascinated the artist His pictures are often constructed using only a few colours as is indeed the case with Le Port Henri IV with the blue tones predominating He placed a key emphasis in his landscape and street scenes on the effects of light on the surface of water and on buildings For centuries Port Henri in the 4th arrondissement in Paris had been a popular motif for Parisian artists 1921 oil on canvas 51 x 61 cm object history Gemäldegalerie Abels Cologne gallery label ; Private Collection Germany exhibition history Kunsthaus Bühler Stuttgart Kunst des 19 und 20 Jahrhunderts 3 11 “20 12 2003 p 64f colour ill credit line http //www dorotheum com/en/auction-detail/auction-10330-modern-art/lot-1608872-gustave-loiseau html Dorotheum signed G Loiseau verso dated 1921 accession number PD-old Port Henri-IV Paintings of Notre-Dame de Paris Remote views of Notre-Dame de Paris Notre-Dame de Paris from the southeast 1921 Paintings of the Seine in Paris 1921 in Paris 1921 paintings Images from Dorotheum Notre-Dame de Paris in the 1920s |