Malfroy, Place Du Châtelet In Paris

A painting, oil on canvas, signed lower left: Henry Malfroy. It represents the Place du Châtelet in Paris with the Palm or Victory fountain designed during the First Empire to commemorate Napoleonic victories, the city's theater (ex Sarah Bernhard) and in the background the Saint Jacques tower. The impressionist touch as well as the many details of Parisian life combine to make it a particularly remarkable work. Charles Henri Malfroy (January 15, 1895 - April 27, 1945) was a French painter. He apprenticed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with his father Charles Malfroy, with whom he is often confused. He exhibited regularly in Paris, at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Indépendants until 1934. Adopting a technique close to impressionism, he painted the coasts and ports of the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, but also landscapes of Paris and the banks of the Seine. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. A member of the French Resistance during World War II, Malfroy was arrested and died at Buchenwald concentration camp. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Liberation Dimensions: On view: W: 26.5 cm H: 21 cm Frame: W: 47 cm H: 41.5 cm