Léon-auguste Mellé (1816 - 1889) The Cornice Road To Genoa

Léon-Auguste MELLÉ (1816 - 1889)
The Corniche Road to Genoa

Oil on wood panel signed lower left and titled on the back.(Cartouche on the frame)

Léon-Auguste MELLÉ was born on April 15, 1816 in Paris.
He was a student of Jules COIGNET (1798-1860) and Charles-Caius RENOUX (1795-1846).
He regularly appeared at the Paris Salon between 1839 and 1879 with views taken in Switzerland, Dauphiné, Picardy and the surrounding area of Paris.
This view of a seaside landscape animated by sailboats titled on the back "the corniche road to Genoa" suggests that he also traveled to Italy.

Dimensions including frame: 61.5 x 43.5 centimeters.

The artist died in 1889 at the age of 73. Museums: Paris (Mus. Carnavalet), Sceau