Camille Merlaud (1877-1957) "laundry With Ashes" Rural Life In Périgord, Oil / Cardboard

This oil on cardboard presents a typical scene of rural life in Périgord at the beginning of the 20th century. We see a laundress supplying boiling water to her large pottery laundry tub in which were mixed, in superimposed layers, the laundry and the ashes; the water was evacuated through a hole in the lower part and heated in a cauldron placed in the hearth of the fireplace Original scene captured on the spot by the painter Camille Merlaud (1877-1956) from Verteillac in the Dordogne. He was a recognized self-taught painter, with an impressionist sensibility, who had a predilection for landscapes and scenes of rural life in Périgord. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris and participated in exhibitions in Holland and England. Oil on cardboard signed lower right, dated 1923(?) and dedicated Oil in good condition Dimensions: HSc: 26 cm X 21 cm with frame: 37 cm X 31.5 cm Delivery: -- France: 15 € -- EU: €30 -- others: €60