ist ▁painter ▁and ▁Alexandre ▁No z al ▁( 1 8 5 2 - 1 9 2 9 ) ▁a ▁respect ed ▁landscape ▁artist — can ▁be ▁cont empl ated ▁in ▁B iva ' s ▁work . ▁ ▁Jan et ▁Whit more ▁writes ▁of ▁Henri ▁B iva ' s ▁work , ▁something ▁that ▁could ▁apply ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁paint ings : ▁ ▁" Like ▁the ▁natural ist ▁pain ters ▁such ▁as ▁Jules ▁Bast ien - L ep age ▁or ▁Rosa ▁Bon he ur ", ▁writes ▁Jan et ▁Whit more , ▁" there ▁is ▁a ▁strong ▁tact ile ▁quality ▁to ▁B iva ’ s ▁work , ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁shapes , ▁colors ▁and ▁forms ▁of ▁the ▁small ▁plants ▁beside ▁the ▁stream ▁or ▁the ▁smooth ▁grey ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁tree ▁tr unks ". ▁Equ ally ▁important , ▁she ▁writes , ▁" this ▁type ▁of ▁landscape ▁painting ▁offered ▁an ▁int imate ▁g limp se ▁of ▁a ▁specific ▁locale , ▁a ▁rem inder ▁of ▁days ▁spent ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁coun tr ys ide , ▁or ▁perhaps ▁at ▁the ▁immense ▁forest ▁pres erves ▁surrounding ▁Paris . ▁Un like ▁contempor aries ▁such ▁as ▁P iss ar ro ▁or ▁Mon et , ▁B iva ’ s ▁land sc apes ▁suggest ▁a ▁time ▁before ▁industrial ization ▁when ▁no ▁rail road ▁or ▁factory ▁dis rupted ▁rural ▁v istas . ▁R ather , ▁these ▁images ▁show ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁human ▁activity ▁at ▁all ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁occas ional ▁fish erman ▁d row sing ▁by ▁the ▁rivers ide . ▁( Jan et ▁Whit more