Watercolor Of The Port Of Rouen - Emile Henry Tilmans

Tilmans was born in Leuven in 1888, and worked as an engraver and aquafortist. He was prolific, but decided to settle in Rouen in 1940, where the war inspired him to paint social and popular subjects. He affixed his ex-libris to a large number of works, illustrating many Norman authors as well as l'Hôte, Maurois, Tolstoï... He often exhibited in Rouen, and some of his works, such as “La dame à la violette”, can be seen in the Musée des Beaux-Arts.

This watercolor is a view of Rouen Cathedral and the Quays from the left bank. The painting is undated, but the right bank does not yet have the traces of Gréber's great works of 1950, the city looks rebuilt but the right bank quay is still used by boats, which have sails and the wooden crane could finish dating it from 1946 to 1449.

In the background, view of Saint-Maclou church or Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral.