Signature lower right: E. Petitjean
it is in good condition, note some old restorations (piece on the reverse).
The painting has been exhibited several times in exhibitions, see the labels on the reverse.
Inscription on the frame difficult to read: Riverside...Joinville, Marne...
Pretty seascape with the village and characters in the distance.
Dimensions:
The canvas: 61 x 46 cm (P.12)
With frame: 75 x 60 cm
Edmond Marie Petitjean (1844-1925) 19th-20th centuries. French.
Painter of landscapes, seascapes.
He debuted in Paris at the Salon of 1874. He won several medals at exhibitions, including a gold medal in 1900 at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
Museums: Amiens: Village in the Pays de Neufchâteau - A hamlet in Franche-Comté
- Arras: The entrance to a basin in Antwerp - Chambéry (Museum of Fine Arts): Landscape Cherbourg: Ramparts of Flushing - Digne: The Lock - Epinal: Aux sables d'Olonne - Gray: Flowery fields, surroundings of Paris - Nancy: (Museum of Fine Arts): Street in a Lorraine village - The Meuse at Verdun - Paris: The port of La Rochelle - Paris: (Palais de Beaux-Arts): Village of Gudmond- -Pont de Rochereuil - Périgueux: Château de Beynac - Reims: Florimont in Lorraine - -La Rochelle: River banks - Interior of the port of Bordeaux - Toul: The port of Le Havre.
Painter referenced on Artprice, in the Bénézit and in The dictionary of the little masters of painting.