"Prosper Galerne (1836-1922) "marchiennes""
Oil on canvas signed lower right P. GalerneMarchiennes is located on the Scarpe, one of the rivers of the Scheldt catchment area. It is a French commune located in Romanesque Flanders, in the Nord department.
Wooden frame and gilded stucco, dimensions 52 x 41 cm. with title cartouche "Marchienne"
Prosper Galerne, painter, founding member of the Society of French Artists, was born in Patay on April 28, 1836 and died in La Ferté-Alais on August 31, 1922. Prosper Galerne was a pupil of Eugène Le Poittevin and Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager. He lived in La Ferté-Alais, where a street honors his memory. He is buried in the municipal cemetery.
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