Lantoine Fernand (1876-1956) “the Square In Cadaquès, Spain” Costa Brava Brussels Catalonia

LANTOINE Fernand (1876-1956)

“The Place in Cadaquès, Spain”

Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right,
Titled by the artist on the back on the stretcher,
Exhibition: French School 1953

Beautiful luminous work by the French painter Ferdinand Lantoine who depicts an animated view of the square of the famous village of Cadaquès in Spain.

Painter and designer, Fernand Lantoine is a traveling French painter who lived for more than 50 years in Belgium near Brussels.
He began his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and met the painter Paul Signac.
A great traveler, he traveled through the South of Europe after the First World War. He discovered light in Spain and the Balearic Islands.
Fernand Lantoine was appointed official painter of the Navy in 1922. He embarked with the French fleet for missions in the Mediterranean and North Africa.
In 1925, he discovered the Belgian Congo, then Algeria. Following his success, he was responsible for decorating the liners Leopoldville and Albertville of the Belgian Congo shipping company.
In 1934, he took part in an Arctic exploration and painted the Norwegian fjords. He then leaves to discover Oceania, Madagascar and the Somali coast.

He regularly participates in trade fairs in Paris and Brussels as well as in exhibitions where his work is praised by critics and rewarded.

Dimensions: 54 x 65 cm without frame and 70 x 80 cm with a wooden Delf frame.

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