Maurice Barle (1903-1961) - La Ciotat 1935 -

Oil painting on wood, signed lower left M. Barle.
Measuring 61cm x 30cm excluding the original frame, 71cm x 41cm overall.
Depicting a view of La Ciotat (Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region), painted around 1935.

Maurice Barle, 1903-1961, was a French painter of seascapes and harbor scenes. He studied at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited from 1926 onwards at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Hiver in Paris. This native Parisian was drawn to the Mediterranean and its light from a very young age. He quickly specialized in depicting the ports and seaside resorts of Provence, the French Riviera, and Corsica. He also produced several seascapes and Orientalist landscapes. He received the Silver Medal of the City of Paris in 1962. Listed in the Bénézit, Artprice, Artnet, Akoun, etc.,

this wooden panel is in very good condition.
The painting, never cleaned or soiled, is in excellent condition, neither repainted nor repaired in any way; nothing shows up under UV light.
The original frame is in very good condition with a label bearing the artist's name at the bottom center.
The painting is in very good original condition.

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