"street Of Paris At Nightfall" Oil / Cardboard Circa 1960, Maurice Petitdidier, Franco-quebecer

Nocturnal but bright atmosphere for this "Rue de Paris le Soir", oil on cardboard by Maurice Petitdidier, circa 1950/60.
Maurice Petitdidier, born in Epinal, France, in 1918, studied drawing and painting before becoming a decorative artist in Pau after the Second World War. He emigrated to Quebec in 1951 where he became a renowned illustrator of magazines, books (see last photo) and "comics".
Returning to France in the early 60s, he resumed his activity as a decorative painter before devoting himself, in retirement, to painting and sculpture. This small painting, representing a city street at nightfall, is dark and superbly bright at the same time, testifying to the intimate life of a Parisian neighborhood at rest, behind the half-closed shutters...
A mastered line and colors, a generous material, and a lively night light..., a very beautiful "snapshot" peaceful and full of suggested life...
Oil on Reeves & Sons cardboard from Quebec (!), at Snowdon Art Center in Montreal...
Antique ivory white frame in TBE.
Total dimensions with frame = height 60.5 cm x width 50.5 cm Dimensions of the cardboard = approximately 46 x 36 cm (English dimensions = 18" x 14") Shipping to be defined.