Henri Biva was a French artist, known for his landscape paintings and still lifes. He focused primarily on the western suburbs of Paris, painting outdoors in the plein-air tradition; his style ranging between Post-Impressionism and Realism with a strong Naturalist component. Biva's pictures are characterized by intricate strokes and a pure palette bathed with warm natural light. The artist was a member of the Société des Artistes Français and a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
1903, Villeneuve-l'Etang
Henri Biva, ca 1905-06, Matin à Villeneuve (From Waters Edge), oil on canvas, 153.7 x 127 cm (60.5 x 50 in), painted at Villeneuve l'Etang, Marnes-la-Coquette (Seine-et-Oise), France, private collection
Henri Biva, 1901, Après le coucher du soleil, oil on canvas, 142.5 x 193 cm, Musée Baron-Gérard (MAHB)
Henri Biva, Bord de rivière ensoleillé, oil on canvas, 53.3 x 59.7 cm
En plein air, or plein-air painting, is the act of painting outdoors.
En plein air painter on the Côte d'Argent in Hourtin, France
Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood (1885) by John Singer Sargent. Oil on canvas. 54.0 × 64.8 cm. Tate Gallery, London.
Robert Antoine Pinchon, 1898, painting Le chemin, oil on canvas, 22 × 32 cm
Australian impressionist Arthur Streeton painting en plein air, c. 1892
