Albert Silvestre
Born in 1869.
Died in 1954.
Albert Silvestre is presented as a landscape painter, with a predilection for motifs associated with Savoy, Lake Geneva, Valais and Lake Neuchâtel.
The author of the entry refers to his family background, presenting him as the son of Henri, a painter, and Isaline Joséphine Rey.
The entry also notes stylistic affinities with the Symbolist movement, citing Ferdinand Hodler, Edouard Vallet and Albert Trachsel.
Among the works reproduced and offered online are « Bord de rivière » (painting, 59,5 x 45,5 x 2 cm) and « Campagne avec personnages dans un champ » (painting, 43 x 61 x 2 cm). These compositions—riverbanks, fields and lakeside scenes—illustrate the coherence of the geographical and thematic subjects identified in his oeuvre.
The documentation assembled here relies primarily on a contemporary commercial platform that publishes a brief biography and offers works for sale. This gallery notice synthesises the information available online and the examples of works consulted, while leaving open the further verification required for a monographic study.
