Azema Ernest – The Net Weaver – Oil On Canvas – Signed And Dated

Oil on canvas showing a man mending a net. The painter has highlighted his gesture by placing it in the centre of the painting. T
he man has all the characteristics of a fisherman: a full beard, a pipe, a bobble cap, a striped jersey... Next to him, we see a glass and a jug. The scene is bathed in the golden light of a late afternoon in the south.
The work is signed and dated 1909 at the top left. It is clean and in very good condition. It is presented in an early 20th century frame, in stuccoed wood, also in very good condition.

The artist
Marius Ernest Joseph Azéma was born in 1871 in Agde, in the south of France. He left school very early to work as a mason with his father. But he finally joined the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier, then that of Paris. There he studied painting in the studios of Fernand Cormon and Gustave Moreau. He won the second prize of Rome twice, in 1900 and 1901. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français between 1892 and 1912. In 1909, the year in which the painting we are presenting was painted,
Ernest Azéma left Paris and settled in Marseille. He then moved closer to his brother in Hérault, and ended his life in Montpellier.
Initially an academic painter, Ernest Azéma then painted many views of the south of France, taking pleasure in drawing portraits of people he met in ports and markets. He also painted a lot in Spain.
The museums of Sète and Béziers hold some of his works. Others have been the subject of numerous public sales.

Object visible at the gallery (07240). ​​​​​​​
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