Forest Path gold frame suggesting a market day or

suggesting a market day or community gathering

Oil on canvas signed Paul Louis Mestrallet (1886-1961)

The bright white parasols are laced by shadows of the tree branches

Materials: Oil painting on canvas in an antique curved wooden frame

Forest Path gold frame suggesting a market day orA 19th century oil painting on stretched canvas, with a stamp on the back. Unsigned. A charming woodland scene depicting a winding path that meanders through the trees toward a clearing of light at the heart of the forest. The pictorial surface is built from a multitude of free, energetic brushstrokes applied with generous texture. The path is rendered through numerous short, expressive strokes that gradually become finer as they recede into the