Ferdinand Olivier ( 1873 - 1957) Les Cyprès 1922 - Painting Oil On Canvas Provence

Ferdinand OLIVIER (1873-1957)
Les quatre cyprès
huile sur toile signed lower right.
posthumous label with title and date of work 1922.

Good condition, well framed, see photos. Beautiful post-impressionist painting, on view at the gallery in Toulouse. Provenance artist's family. Other works to come among the most important.

Ferdinand OLIVIER (1873-1957). Official naval painter in 1905. First winner of the Prix de l'Indo-Chine in 1910 awarded by the Société Coloniale des Artistes Français and Prix de la Peinture Coloniale in 1920.

Born in Martigues He entered Eugène Carrière's studio at the Beaux-Arts in his youth. In 1905, he was appointed official painter to the French Navy.

In 1926, he took part in the exhibition organized by the newspaper "La Hune peintres de la mer". He mainly depicted Provence: Aubagne - Carry le Rouët and Martigues

Painter contemporary of the Impressionists, but closer to the Symbolists.

Dimensions unframed: 56 cm / 39 cm.

with frame: 61cm / 44 cm.

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