Fernand Elie - Cliffs Of Yport

Oil on panel by Fernand Elie depicting the cliffs of Yport. Signed lower right and countersigned on the frame, artist's label on the back.

Dimensions: oil: 50 x 60 cm; with frame: 57.3 x 68 cm

Post-Cubist oil by Normandy painter and sculptor Fernand Elie (1906-1992). Of Cauchois origin, Elie had a studio in his villa in Rouen, and his friends included Roger Tolmer and Reynold Arnould. He received numerous awards, including the Signature prize, as did Jef Friboulet, and exhibited notably at Galerie Suillerot in Paris.