Georges Gonthier, Sunset Over The Sea, Oil On Cardboard

Georges GONTHIER 
(Condé-sur-Escaut1886-1969 Le Havre)
Sunset over the Sea
oil on board
20 x 25.5 cm ; 31 x 37 cm (framed)
signed ‘G. Gonthier' lower right
some stains on the varnish, visible on the photograph

Selective bibliography:
Bénézit, Paris, Ernest Gründ Editeur

Further information:
Georges Gonthier, trained by Fortuné Layraud, winner of the Prix de Rome, pursued a career as an art teacher and specialised in landscape painting. In 1907, he became a drawing teacher in Fécamp, before moving to Le Havre in 1914, where he taught at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts from 1924. His works mainly depict landscapes in the north of France, Brittany, Savoie and the area around Le Havre.
Our painting immortalises a sunset over the sea, highlighting the chromatic work that gives full intensity to the sky, adorned with clouds in shades of pink and orange, recalling the Impressionist movement and more particularly Claude Monet's Rising Sun (Musée Marmottan Monet).
From 1924 onwards, Gonthier exhibited regularly in Paris, notably at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. 
A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in Le Havre.