Constantin Font (1890-1954) Martigues Port Fishing Boats Provence Oil On Wood

Fishing Boats at Martigues, oil on wood by Constantin Font, French genre painter, landscape painter, nude painter, sculptor, and engraver, born in Auch in 1890 and died in Paris in 1954.
Signed lower right.
Good condition.
Dimensions without frame : 55 x 46 cm.
Dimensions with frame : 69.5 x 60.5 cm.
Constantin Font was a student of Fernand Cormon. After receiving an honorable mention at the 1910 Salon, he won a silver medal in 1921, the year he received the Prix de Rome. That same year, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français with "The Cemetery of El Kettar." Since then, he has been a prominent figure in the Society's exhibitions, where he was awarded the gold medal in 1922.
Grand Prix of Athens. Member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Toulouse. Member of the institute in 1926. Grand prize at the 1937 International Exposition.