Georges Andrique (1874-1964) Calais Entrance To Paradise Port Oil On Canvas Marine

Oil on canvas depicting a view of Paradise in Calais, by Georges Andrique, a French painter born in Calais in 1874 and who died in 1964 at the age of 90 in the same city.
Signed lower left.
Located and titled on the back: "Calais - Entrance to Paradise - Morning"
Good condition.
Dimensions without frame : 55 x 46 cm.
Dimensions with frame : 68 x 58.5 cm.
At a very young age, while a middle school student, Georges Andrique began drawing. He then received guidance from the English painter Abel Prior, who was based in Calais, before perfecting his art by taking classes at the city's Academy of Drawing.
In 1927, he received an honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, in which he participated for 30 years.
Highly prolific, he produced countless paintings depicting landscapes in the Calais region, as well as the Côte d'Azur, where he loved to spend his vacations.
The French Railway Company called upon his talent to create several posters that adorned train stations in major French cities. Much of his work was destroyed in 1940 as he fled his burning house on Avenue Wilson.