Louis Nattero Impressionist Marine Provence Toulon Marseille XIX XX Century Rt1134

Oil on canvas depicting a sunset with pearly reflections on the coves of the Mediterranean coast near Toulon or Marseille, with a fishing boat in the cove in the foreground.
Signed lower left: L. NATTERO
Annotated on the back on the frame (see photo)
Period: Early 20th century
Condition:
Good condition, note a restoration in the sky, on the left (invisible on the front)
Dimensions: 55 x 38 cm
Weight: 690 grams

Biography:
Louis Nattero (1870 – 1915), born in Marseille, is above all a painter of the Mediterranean.
Largely influenced by the Impressionists, he makes light the essential element of his painting. For him, it is the true subject of expression when he paints the poetry of a twilight.
"The vibrant note, such is indeed the goal that Nattero wants to achieve: to this, he is not afraid to sacrifice the precise line. »
At the age of 26, thanks to a scholarship from the city of Toulon, he attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris for a few months, where he was a student of Léon Bonnat.
However, he suffered from lead poisoning and was reluctantly forced to stop his Parisian studies.
He then returned to Toulon, then settled permanently in Marseille, his hometown, in 1904.
His talent was quickly recognized and his paintings were very successful from 1905 onwards.
He took part in most of the Salons in the Marseille and Toulon region and worked hard to feed his large family.
In 1914, war broke out and three of his sons left for the front (Raphaël, Auguste and Edouard).
His paintings no longer sold. A deep despair overcame him.
In 1915 he took his own life.

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