19th Century oil on wood landscape with woodland oil painting by renown French artist Louis Eugène Leroux, signed in the lower right.  A fresh pastoral landscape in a vintage gilt frame.  Cows graze in a meadow next to woodland, in the fore there is a stream. 
🎨MORE ABOUT THIS PAINTING:
This is an oil on thick wood and is in good condition for the age expect only minor imperfections.
Overall size: 21ins x 15ins or 53cms x 38cms (Approx)
Date: 1870's
👨‍🎨ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Louis Eugène Leroux (1833-1905)  See last photo. Louis was born in Paris and appeared to live there all his life, dying in the same city. He was a French painter and specialised in landscapes and genre scenes. 
He was a pupil of François-Édouard Picot at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he began his training in April 1851. He was awarded a medal in 1864 and won a 3rd class medal at the 1873 Salon, along with a 2nd class medal at the 1875 Salon. His early canvases include genre scenes inspired by Brittany.
He enlisted as a volunteer in September 1870 and was seriously wounded during the battle of Buzenval, 
part of the Siege of Paris and the Franco-Prussian War in January 1871 the day after Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor, Louis Jules Trochu attacked the Germans west of Paris in Buzenval Park. The attackers seized the town of Saint-Cloud, coming close to the new Emperor's headquarters at Versailles.  In September 1871, he was made a chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in the military category, having served with the Corps franc des tirailleurs de la Seine.
He taught drawing at the Lycées Charlemagne, Janson-de-Sailly and Carnot, his works in public collections include:
Le Nouveau-né, intérieur bas-breton, circa 1864, Musée d'Orsay.
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts: Servante bretonne, 1865, oil on canvas.
Limoges, Musée des Beaux-Arts: La Bouillie, 1866, oil on canvas.
London, British Museum, Ambulance privée pendant le siège de Paris 1870-1871, after 1875, engraving after his painting.
Paris, Musée d'Orsay: Le Nouveau-né, intérieur bas-breton, circa 1864, oil on canvas.