Gaston Boucart (1878-1962) Venice Scuola San Marco

Gaston BOUCART famous painter who painted Venice a lot here an oil on canvas representing Venice La Scuola Grande di San Marco signed lower right In a pretty gilded stucco frame all in good condition some cracks on the canvas which is normal Delivery of 40 at 80 euros Gaston Hippolyte Ambroise Boucart, born in Angoulême on December 7, 1878 where he died on January 18, 1962, is a French painter and engraver. A student of Gustave Moreau, Fernand Cormon and Paul Gervais, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français and became a member of the French Federation of Artists (1927 and 1929). Officer of Public Education, Croix de Guerre, his works were acquired by the State, by the General Council of the Seine and by the City of Paris. Some are kept in the museums of Rochefort-sur-Mer, Niort, Angoulême and in North America1.