SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
A French painter associated with the Barbizon School, Léon Richet pursued a career centred on landscape painting, as attested by works listed under his name. His paintings were exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1869 to 1906, a presence spanning several decades.
He studied art in Valenciennes and is recorded as a pupil of Narcisse Diaz de la Peña and Émile Van Marcke de Lummen. In 1879, he became a secondary-school teacher. These details place both his artistic training and a teaching career within his professional trajectory.
The collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims include two landscapes associated with Richet, one dated 1869, the other entitled Paysage avec marais and dated 1872. These titles point to landscape as a recurring subject, although the available catalogue entries do not allow its treatment to be specified further. The Art Institute of Chicago also lists Landscape, dated around 1875, and Wildflowers, undated. The range of titles — landscape and wildflowers — broadens the documented subjects beyond marsh landscapes alone.
This profile brings together identity references for Léon Richet and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
17 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Dorfstrasse mit Häusern.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2023-11-10
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200
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Oil on wood
Kleine Waldlandschaft
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2022-11-19
Published result : 2142 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1500
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Oil on canvas
Solesmes 1843/1847 - 1907 Fontainebleau
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2020-11-06
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Oil on wood
Solesmes 1843/1847 - 1907 Fontainebleau
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2020-11-06
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1600
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Oil on wood
Solesmes 1843/1847 - 1907 Fontainebleau
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 3600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Oil on wood
Solesmes 1843/1847 - 1907 Fontainebleau
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3600
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Landschaft mit Bäuerin und Teich.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 13000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7500
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Paysage à l′étang.
Öl auf Holz
Date to be documented
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2800
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Junge Frau mit Blumenkorb.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 1400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Uferpartie in der Dämmerung mit Figur in einem Boot.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 3500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6500
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Auenlandschaft in der Dämmerung.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7000
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Landschaft mit Bauerngut.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 10000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 12000
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Landschaft mit Reisigsammlerin bei Fontainebleau.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 9000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000
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Bauernhaus mit Bäumen in ebener Landschaft.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000
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Sommerliche Waldpartie mit Reisigsammlerin.
Öl auf Htf.
Date to be documented
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3600
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"Forêt de Fontainebleau".
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 7200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000
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Abendliche Flussuferpartie mit Wäscherin.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 5200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5500
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
