Eugene Riboulet (1883-1972), Farm Buildings

Eugene Riboulet was a French artist who, after marrying an Irish woman in 1952, moved to Ireland where he worked until his death in 1972. In France he had studied sculpture at the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts and subsequently worked as a successful sculptor and painter, making a number of war memorials in the 1920s and winning a gold medal at Paris International Exhibition in 1937.

In Ireland he became a member of the Royal Ulster Academy, had several solo exhibitions and received the Ordre du Merité (order of merit) from the French governemnet before he died.

This beautiful painting captures the atmosphere and architecture of a prosperous Irish farmstead. The chimneys and gables of the main house are visible behind the collection of traditional whitewashed outbuildings. A woman crosses the main grass space, maybe to feed the chickens, or even call in the artist for his dinner.

Oil on board. 40 x 32cm excluding frame. Newly reframed by us, as shown. Signed bottom right. Provenance, The Bell Gallery, Belfast.

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