"île d'Oléron" 1973 Marcel Cramoysan (1915–2007)

Marcel Cramoysan, born in Étretat on January 1, 1915, and died in Bois-Guillaume on April 26, 2007, was a French painter and lithographer of the Rouen School. A student of the Post-Impressionist Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886–1943), Marcel Cramoysan was a figurative painter whose work focused primarily on landscapes—especially those of Normandy—as well as still lifes, floral arrangements, circus scenes, and a few portraits...

Cramoysan decorated the school in Étretat with paintings illustrating La Fontaine’s Fables and Perrault’s Tales. At its inauguration in 1957, this school was declared “the most beautiful school in France” by Raymond Lindon

of Vlaminck, Foujita, and Utrillo.

He began working in lithography in the 1970s.

He sold his works in Japan through the Taménaga Gallery.

Oil on canvas, signed “île d’Oléron” in the lower left corner on the reverse, dated 1973, and countersigned on the reverse.

PREVIOUS RESTORATION not visible from the front; a fabric patch is visible on the back

Dimensions: 38 x 55 cm
With original frame: 54 x 71 cm