"François Forichon (1865-1952) Large Canvas - 1893 - View Of The South Of France - Albi?"
François FORICHON (1865-1952) View of a town in the south of France (Albi?)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated "F. Forichon 93" lower right
Dimensions 162 x 115 cm
Large canvas of remarkable quality, very decorative.
Originally from the town of Commentry (Auvergne region), François Forichon was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and received instruction from Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904). Around 1895, he was in charge of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nîmes, then director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Clermont-Ferrand around 1905. In 1891, he exhibited at the Salon a large view of his native region (Commentry) under the number 636.
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