Alphonse Moutte (marseille 1840-1913), Boats On The Beach, Oil On Mounted Paper

Alphonse Moutte (Marseille 1840-1913)
Boats on the beach
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
16.6 x 22.3 cm
Signed lower left: (Al)p se Moutte
to restore - tears

Student at the School of Fine Arts in Mareille, Alphonse Moutte was a pupil of Emile Loubon. He then worked in Paris in the studio of Ernest Meissonnier. Back in the south, he draws inspiration from the landscapes that surround him, his city and his region are his main subjects of inspiration.
He became a prominent personality and painted portraits, genre scenes, views of the port of Marseille... He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français and was named a member of the Academy of Marseilles in 1892.