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Jules-René Hervé (1887–1981) trains in Langres and Paris, following the painter Jules Hervé-Mathé. His work remains attached to provincial life and brushwork shaped by the Impressionist legacy. La Fête Dieu à Langres, an oil on canvas of 1925 preserved in his hometown, depicts a religious procession through streets decorated for the ceremony.
In Geese, an oil on panel at the Dahesh Museum, a woman and a child follow geese: collective movement becomes a familiar rural scene. Langres, le facteur, at the Musée de La Poste, shows a postman handing a letter to women outside a house. Dated to between 1930 and 1940 by the museum, this canvas brings its figures together in a confined space. Festival, animal husbandry and postal delivery reveal different rhythms within the community.
This profile brings together identity references for Jules-René Hervé and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on cardboard
Recueillement dans la chapelle
Huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2026-09-11
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Le facteur
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-05-25 — 2023-06-07
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on cardboard
Fidèles en prières,
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2022-09-07 — 2022-09-21
Published result : 250 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Oil on panel
Sortie de la cathédrale de Langres
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2021-04-28
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Oil on canvas
Zwei neugierige, kleine Mädchen in einer Schublade kramend
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2014-09-19
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Spielende Kinder am Bach.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2013-11-08
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2800
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Pariser Quai mit Pont des Arts.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2013-05-17
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000
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Bassin im Jardin des Tuileries mit Figurenstaffage.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Zwei sonnige Waldpartien mit Figurenstaffage. Gegenstücke.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2800
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Oil on canvas
Jeune enfant jouant dans la rue,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-03-14
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Oil on canvas
Cavaliers dans la campagne
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2016-09-28
Published result : 10 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Les ballerines.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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