Albert Lebourg was a French Impressionist painter known for his atmospheric depictions of riverside landscapes. “I will paint often at the banks of the Seine: Nanterre, Rueil, Chatou, Bougival, Port-Marly. These are a source of themes and very beautiful landscapes,” he once said. Born on February 1, 1849 in Montfort-sur-Risle, France, he originally studied architecture but switched to painting after enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. The artist went on to exhibit his works at the fourth Impressionist Exhibition in 1879, alongside Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. Though he spent many years living in Algiers, during the late 1880s he settled back in France, where he painted in the environs around Paris, Auvergne, and Normandy. Lebourg’s works were popular with his contemporaries, and he was the subject of several solo exhibitions in Paris during his lifetime. He died on January 6, 1928 in Rouen, France. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.