Georges Albert Cyr: The Quai Sainte Catherine In Honfleur

Georges Albert CYR (1880-1964) Quai Sainte Catherine in Honfleur, 1924 Dimensions: 60 x 73 cm Signed lower right Provenance: - Galerie Tuffier, Les Andelys - Private collection, Normandy In good condition. Old frame. Dimensions with frame: 66 x 79 cm Originally from the Jura, it was in Paris that he began to paint, advised by Juan Gris. Around 1910, he moved to Rouen and discovered the charm of the old quarters. Friend of Othon Friesz, the young painter visits the city of Le Havre, Fécamp, Harfleur and Honfleur also seduce him. He expresses these ports with a very sober palette, reducing the forms to the essential, privileging the rhythms and the balance of the painting. His “too bare” painting did not benefit from the favors of the Norman public. In 1934, he left Rouen for Beirut where he remained until his death, actively participating in the artistic life of the country.