It represents the island of Saint Louis in the heart of Paris, animated by characters alongside the second-hand booksellers and barges moored on the Seine.
The whole is presented in a beautiful period frame.
Dimensions outside frame: 81 x 54 centimeters Framing including dimensions: 104 x 77 centimeters.
Biography:
Arthur Fillon was born in Loiris (Loiret) in 1900 He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Marseille then at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
Exhibitor at the Salon d'Automne and several times at the Salon des Indépendants from 1924. His name appears in the famous ''Bénézit'', vol 3, where we cite his circus scenes and his sporting decorations, or his bucolic scenes or moments on the banks of the canals of France and Europe.
His Parisian works being the most popular. Reference Bénézit volume 3 page 48 French edition.