"Lessieux Ernest Louis 1848-1925 Oil On Panel Village Colombiers Charente-maritime Saintonge"
Ernest Louis LESSIEUX (1848-1925) View of the village of Colombiers in Charente Maritime near Saintes Oil on panel Circa 1900 panel dimensions 10.5 cm X18 cm Crossed ribbons baguette frame Signed E.LESSIEUX lower left Our artist was a pupil of the Municipal School of Nantes, he was a drawing teacher at the Lycée de Rochefort. He was best known as a gun designer. He exhibited at the Salon from 1878 Lessieux drew or painted in watercolor a large number of views of Spain and the Mediterranean coasts. Source E.BÉNÉZIT Editions Gründ 1999