La Belle Epoque

This painting has been sold



Oil on hardboard 8" x 8"

Another of the beautiful buildings of Nice. This painting caused me no end of trouble. The reason was that the building was heavily decorated with plaster moulding and stucco and whereas I did not want to lose that feel, I did not want to fall into the trap of painting every little detail. What I really enjoy about this one though is that the sky was what we call a "mackerel sky" - a lot of small, light clouds against a deep blue. The sky seemed nearly as "decorated" as the building!