[marine Peche Honfleur] Herbo (fernand) - Signed Watercolor.

HERBO (Fernand). [Signed watercolor]. Dimensions (at sight): 213 x 117 mm + marie-louise + frame.--------------------------------------------A large volume in pt in-4 format (222 x 168 mm) of 407 pp. Full percaline of the publisher, under dust jacket illustrated by the photograph. Pretty composition signed [Fernand] Herbo (1905 - 1995) in the lower left margin. Signature embellished with the naval anchor characteristic of the official painters of the Navy. Which ''is considered one of the most distinguished landscape painters of the contemporary painters of the Normandy coast. In 1944, he was received among the approved painters of the Navy. Honfleur constitutes one of his major subjects of inspiration''. (in Contemporary Artists in Lower Normandy). ''It is above all his views of the Seine estuary that have made him stand out among so many other charming painters of this picturesque region, this, for the delicacy of his craft and his sensitivity. Herbo undoubtedly deserves to be recognized as one of these small masters of the 20th century, who, for having practiced a simple, direct art without scholastic pretensions, have nonetheless demonstrated great talent and sincerity''. (in Bénézit). Bénézit V, Dictionary of Painters, p. 500 - Contemporary Artists in Lower Normandy, pp. 213 and following. Small alterations affecting the frame. Discreet pitting affecting the mat. Otherwise, very good condition.