Le Village town painting The lemon as a subject

The lemon as a subject is very present in Dutch Baroque paintings where they symbolize oriental opulence or human finitude when they are peeled

Size without frame: 7" x 10

The work is very robust

A" (20th century) in the lower left corner

The frame has some small gaps and impacts

Le Village town painting The lemon as a subject20th century Belgian school oil painting on canvas, signed Piet Lippens, for Petrus Ren Lippens (1890 1981), in the lower right. The work has texture to the touch. A bold Impressionist view of a village featuring textured and comma shaped brushstrokes. From the viewpoint of the painting, we see primarily the side of one large house with white walls, a brown thatched roof and blue shutters. The house is illuminated against the organic tones of the road