Eugène Marius Yvan (19th-20th Century) Sunny Provençal Street

The dazzling light of midday, a perfect mastery of colors, all the charm and atmosphere of the landscapes of Provence at the beginning of the 20th century for this charming oil on canvas by the Avignon painter Eugène Marius Yvan.
The work is done in oil on canvas, it is offered in a simple frame with white patina (typical of the 50s) which measures 68 cm by 86 cm and 54 cm by 73 cm for the canvas alone.
It represents a village street flooded with sunlight, where the vines cling to the old stones, and animated by a character who carries a jug and a hen. In good condition, the work is signed and dated 1922 at the bottom left.

Born in Avignon, he exhibited landscapes at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts from 1928 to 1932: "Pont Saint-Bénézet", "Avignon and Almond Trees in Blossom" Watercolors from 1928, Road in Provence and Stairs of the Rocher des Doms, Avignon (Drawings 1929), Rue Calvet, Avignon (drawing, 1930) Street in Barbantane, Bouches du Rhône, (drawing from 1931), the Chartreux in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (drawings 1932)