The work represents a glimpse of a rocky coastline typical of Northern France, Normandy or Brittany.
It is an oil painting on canvas from the early 1900s. Post-Impressionism. The painting and the frame are restored.
This oil painting on canvas has an original golden frame realised in the 1900s.
The 20th century painting is signed at the bottom right by P. Esnoul, french painter of landscape and marine paintings.
Esnoul Paul (1882-1960) was born in Rennes, took part in many exhibitions in Paris and exhibited many times at the
'Salon Des Indépendants' and the 'Salon d'Hiver'.
He became a member of the 'Sociétaire des Artistes Françaises'. Esnoul loves nature and especially Brittany,
its islands, its villages and its shepherds. The works of this painter are kept in the Rennes museum.
Ocean | Bisgart Collection | 20th Century Painters | Post-Impressionism | French Antiques
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Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculptures Dessinateurs et Graveurs.
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Canvas size: 61 x 38.5 cm
Size with frame: 72.5 x 49.5 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Weight: 2 kg