Pastel drawing by Raymond Thibésart (1874-1968) showing two plum trees in blossom.

Raymond Thibésart was born on 2 May 1874 into a well-to-do family in Bar-sur-Aube. Shortly afterwards, his parents moved to Enghien, on the outskirts of Paris, and he went on to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris. His teachers introduced him to the Symbolist movement, which influenced his early work. 
In 1897, he became a member of the Société des Artistes Français and won a gold medal. He exhibited regularly at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants.
In 1902, he followed his friend Emile Boggio and moved to Vaux sur Seine; they then travelled together to Italy. From then on, Thibésart regularly practised the ‘Postimpressionist’ style. He frequently travelled to Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Corsica to capture the beauty of the landscapes. Driven by a great passion, the painter created numerous pastels on the spot, capturing moments and light.   
Thibésart devoted seventy years of his life to painting, and died in 1968 at the age of 94. 

Good condition.  Note a small trace of yellow-orange pastel at the right-hand end of the drawing, probably not intended as part of the composition of the work.
Provenance: the artist's studio collection.
Signed in pencil lower left.
The work is sold in a custom-made wooden frame.

Dimensions with frame:
Height: 32 cm
Width: 44.5 cm

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