Artist and mountaineer Loppé loved the grand Alps
This view of the Mer de Glace and the Grands Charmoz at Chamonix was one of two large-scale dramatic paintings of Alpine mountainscapes by Gabriel Loppé (1825-1913) offered in Artcurial’s (26/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) March 23 Old Masters sale. Both had remained with the artist’s family.
Loppé, an artist specialising in this subject, was not only a painter but an accomplished Alpinist…