$3,900 Summer House signed 1938 oil on board 12" x 16"
$4,650 The Little Stone House signed on front and signed and titled on verso oil on board 20" x 24"
SOLD Landscape signed watercolor 7" x 9"
SOLD "In Daubigny's Country" (Champonval, France) Signed, front and back 1912 Oil on Canvas The image is 30" x 40" and with the 6" gilded wood frame it is 42" x 53" Was in 2 shows at the MIA ... the Minnesota 1900 Show (1994) and the Noble Dreams Show (2008 & 2009) The painting is also featured in Rena Coen's Fournier book on page 73 Both the frame and the painting are in excellent condition
SOLD Afternoon Sunlight - Catskills signed front & verso 1922 oil on board 10.5" x 13.75"
SOLD
Alexis Jean Fournier (1865-1948)
Alexis Jean Fournier was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1865. Fournier began as a sign and scenery painter before studying with Douglas Volk who was the founding director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts.
Fournier opened a studio in 1888 on Nicolette Ave in Minneapolis where he painted several cityscapes of Minneapolis. These artworks were very naturalistic in comparison to the Barbizon style he adopted later in his life.
In the autumn of 1883, Fournier moved to Paris. He studied at the Academie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens, Henri Harpignies, and Benjamin Constant. Founier learned plein aire painting techniques and the Barbizon style. He showed his work at the Salons and American Exhibitions.
In 1902, Founier and his family moved to East Aurora, New York and became an artist-in-residence for Roycroft. He received this opportunity from Elbert Hubbard who purchased one of his paintings in Chicago. Hubbard was the founder of the Roycroft artisan community. During this time, Fournier began to feature more tonalist landscapes which were exemplary examples of the American Arts and Crafts movement.
Fournier would also spend time in the artist colonies of Woodstock, New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. He remained involved with the Roycroft community and lived in East Aurora until his death in 1948.