Normandy Norman Deauville Cabourg Xavier Prinet Beach Marine Elegant Impressionist Oil

Oil on canvas depicting elegant women on a beach by François Xavier PRINET. This painter is featured in the BENEZIT as well as in other reference works on painting. He was born on December 31, 1861 in Vitry-le-François and died on February 1, 1946 in Bourbonne. He was a student of Léon Gerôme and Dagnan-Bouveret. He founded the Salon des Tuileries in Paris with Albert Besnard, Aman-Jean, and Bourdelle. He directed a women's workshop at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He was an officer of the Legion of Honor. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1885 and then at the Salon des Tuileries. In 1986, a retrospective exhibition was presented at the Bourdelle Museum. François Xavier PRINET had been responsible for the decoration of the Museum of Modern Art. These paintings are exhibited in several museums: Bordeaux, Helsinki, Musée d'Orsay, Musée du Luxembourg etc... This oil on canvas must certainly represent elegant women on a Normandy beach: Deauville or Cabourg, this painter having produced several paintings in Normandy. This painting with an impressionist touch is signed lower right. It is "in its own juice", on its canvas and its original artisanal frame. Format: 49 cm x 30 cm. Shipping to France by registered Colissimo with insurance and excellent packaging: €20. Contact me for the price of shipping to Europe.