Expressionist Painting Maison Hugo Montfort l'Amaury Painting Signed F. Laval

Original oil on canvas, 73 cm x 60 cm, signed lower right F Laval, dated 1957, and representing Victor Hugo's house in Montfort L'Amaury. Painting in very good original condition. Sold with a certificate invoice. Fernand Laval 1886-1966 Fernand Laval (1886-1966) arrived in Paris in 1912 where he became friends with Maurice Utrillo and traveled the streets of Montmartre with his easel. In 1913 he married Rachel Cohenet and in 1920 made his first appearance at the Salon d'Automne where he presented a painting titled ''De Montmartre aux Halles''. He also worked abroad, notably in the Netherlands, painting numerous windmills in the years 1927-28 and he went to Belgium, where he painted the port of Antwerp. In homage to Renoir in 1963 he painted RENOIR's house ''la Collette'' in Cagnes-sur-mer. His favorite subjects will always remain the heart of Paris, Montmartre, including the Sacré-Coeur, the suburbs of Paris, the old fortifications and the Canal St Martin.