Saint-tropez “la Pouncho”/ La Ponche Oil On Cardboard

Saint-Tropez, La Ponche/"La Pouncho" The Little Fishing Port towards the La Ponche hotel from the tip of Rue du Fonperdu. Circa 1950. Oil on cardboard, signed lower left by Edmée Schmittel Nicaise (Charleville). Schmittel was an artist from the Ardennes region, born in 1917 and died in 2013. A precocious talent, she was immersed in art from a very young age, so much so that she joined the Ardennes Artistic Union at 13, encouraged by her uncle, a painter. She studied under the Ardennes artist Marguerite Sarrazin, then in Paris at the Académie Julian and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière with Othon Friesz. The painting is annotated on the back: "La 'Pouncho' (old port) Saint-Tropez Monsieur Vamy Joseph. Oil on cardboard, sketch paper, canvas grain number 36." Artistic Union. Prize won on June 16, 1950. La Ponche / "La Pouncho" is a legendary district of Saint-Tropez frequented by Jean Cocteau, Picasso, Colette, Brigitte Bardot, Christian Vadim, Françoise Sagan… Bernard and Annabelle Buffet, and Romy Schneider. Iconic. Historic. Timeless, this "Little Paradise" is today the place where lovers of this world-famous village gather. Painting only: 41 cm x 33 cm