Henry Malfroy, Martigues, 117 Cm, Mediterranean

Signed: lower right Malfroy, French School, listed and valued artist.

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Oil painting on canvas, in very good condition.
Subject: Provence, view of Martigues, South of France.
Period: early 20th century. Dimensions: with frame 117 x 75 cm. - The painting measures 92 x 50 cm.
Frame: large giltwood frame in good condition, from the period of the painting.

Biography:
Henry MALFROY (1895/1944)
Henry Malfroy was a French painter born on January 15, 1895, in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône. He apprenticed at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under his father, Charles Malfroy, with whom he is often confused.
He exhibited regularly in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Indépendants until 1934.
He painted the coasts and ports of Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, Venice and Paris, as well as the banks of the Seine, but above all, Martigues, his stronghold, then called the "Venice of Provence," located on the edge of the Étang de Berre and the Caronte Canal, connecting the lagoon to the Mediterranean, with the port of Martigues—landscapes that inspired many artists at the time.
Thus, Following in the footsteps of Raymond Allègre, Decanis, and Felix Ziem, his luminous works with their vibrant colors are particularly sought after on the art market, and his canvases depicting Mediterranean ports fetch high prices.

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Painting on view at our gallery in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France) on weekends.
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