"19th Century School"
19th century school "Before the storm" Oil on canvas signed "Vallès" and dated 1893 lower right. Bears a name "H. Lebas" lower left. Small losses to the canvas. Wooden frame and gilded stucco. Dim.46 X29 cm without frame / 61.5 X 44.5 cm with frame. The marine is a genre of figurative art, which depicts or draws its main source of inspiration from the sea. These paintings form a particularly important type between the 17th and 19th centuries. By extension, the term often covers artistic representations of navigation on rivers or estuaries, beach scenes and all arts showing boats, even drawn or painted from dry land. 
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