Fortuné Car 1905/1970, 94 Cm, The Camargue, Les Saintes-marie-de-la-mer, Southern France

Signed: lower right; Fortuné Car, a listed and cataloged artist

Oil on panel, in very good condition

Subject: the Camargue, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Provence, the South of France,

Date: circa 1950–60

Dimensions: with frame 94 x 54 cm – painting 75 x 35 cm

Frame:  recent waxed wooden frame, in good condition

Fortuné CAR 1905 / 1970:

Fortuné Car was born in 1905 in Marseille and died in 1970.

A renowned Provençal artist, born into a family where the art of painting was passed down from generation to generation.

In the 1930s, he took over the studio of his uncle, a theater set designer.

This spacious studio allowed him to create stage sets; he later turned to easel painting.

He quickly found his niche in the Provençal painting tradition, with his scenes of fishermen.

His bold and colorful paintings are enriched by a beautiful textural quality born of his mastery of the brush and, above all, the palette knife.

His reputation as a painter of Provence spread, particularly to Canada, where he was a member of the Royal Academy of Painting in Montreal.

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

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