Fernand Maillaud (1863-1948) "tobacco Outlet In Berry 1902" School Of Crozant, Rollinat, Horse

Large and superb oil/canvas by Fernand Maillaud representing a horse team in front of a tobacco shop in Berry in 1902, signed and dated lower left. Format of the canvas alone without the frame 54x65cm. It is therefore a sublime and old canvas by Fernand Maillaud, produced in 1902 and therefore rather early, he then painted a Berry scene with this horse harnessed in front of a tobacco shop in a village. I haven't located the village, but perhaps La Châtre, Issoudun, Eguzon???? As usual at that time, Maillaud uses an impressionist touch and a very delicate coloring with Sienna, ochres, oranges, browns etc....A major and old work of this excellent painter of the Crozant school. I no longer present Fernand Maillaud, an excellent “reference” painter of the Crozant school, with his views of the banks of the Creuse, but also and above all those of his native Berry. His reputation is well established, even across the Atlantic where he had enormous success during his lifetime. Maillaud achieved fame thanks to his rustic scenes of the peasant world, but also with his famous market scenes; but he was also recognized for his orientalist scenes, his views of Venice or Paris in his early days, some of which are kept at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris. He was also close to the famous poet Maurice Rollinat whom he sketched several times. His attachment to his native Berry as well as to the Creuse earned him a place among the best painters of the Crozant school alongside Detroy, Guillaumin and Alluaud. We thought his popularity was losing momentum, yet his paintings still sold very well very recently with peaks of over €3,500. So emblematic painter of the Crozant school, but also of the Provençal school, also renowned for his orientalist scenes, his portraits and finally his tapestries and even his sculpted furniture. This large canvas is in perfect condition, delivered in an important and sumptuous sculpted frame gilded with period leaf; I can also sell this work without the frame for 280€ less or 2200€, your choice. Guaranteed authentic work