Oil On Panel. Marine Signed Henri Saintin. (1846-1899).

Oil on oak panel, signed lower right, Henri Saintin. Wax seal on the back: sale H. Saintin 1909. Original gilded wooden frame. Delivery or shipping possible, please contact us. Son of a couple of grocers, Henri Saintin entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he became a student of Alexandre Ségé, Isidore Pils and Charles Edme Saint Marcel. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1867, with a painting entitled Mare sous bois au val Saint-Germain, en hiver. In 1871 he won the Troyon Prize for a work entitled Une inondation. Exhibiting at the Salon until 1889, he received the gold medal that year at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. The following year, he joined the Société nationale des beaux-arts, exhibiting at their Salon until 1899. Working on the reconstruction of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, he produced decorative panels for the Salon des Lettres. He was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour on 12 July 1891 on the report of the Ministry of Public Instruction. A painter of genre scenes, landscapes and still lifes, Saintin drew his inspiration from the forest of Fontainebleau and the surroundings of Paris, the Côte-d'Or and especially Brittany. Some of his works were translated into engravings by François Liénard and Maximilien Mayeur (British Museum). He also produced some etchings and drawings[4]. He died on 12 June 1899 at his Parisian home at 155, rue Nationale, leaving Amélie Hirsch as his widow[5]. He was buried on 14 June.