The Rooftops Of Carcassonne And The Bell Tower Of The Saint-vincent Church - Around 1930

Circa 1930
The roofs of Carcassonne and the bell tower of the Saint-Vincent church
Oil on canvas
H. 73 cm; W. 54 cm
Signed lower right

Intentionally hidden by an overpaint. By removing the intentional overpaint on the signature, the author of this painting will reappear. On the back, on the stretcher, a modern inscription indicates the name of "Cazaban" for Louis Joseph Cazaban, a painter from the region. Someone with malicious intent wanted to pass this painting off as a work by Cazaban, by masking the identity of its true author. Nevertheless, this large post-impressionist canvas is of better quality than the artist cited... Nothing to envy then. The colors, declined in a panel of pastel ochres, allow the different planes to blend elegantly, to feature like a pinnacle, the bell tower of the Saint-Vincent church. This area of Caracassonne, less well known than the fortress, is nevertheless full of charm and wonderfully represented on this canvas.