Eugène Dauphin (1857-1930) "toulon, Fort Saint-louis" Nardi, Montenard, Courdouan, Gallian

Superb small oil on panel by Eugène Dauphin representing a port near Fort Saint-Louis in Toulon, signed lower right. Panel size alone 11x16cm and 13.5x18.5cm including frame. In perfect condition because protected by a glass, which can be removed, delivered in an old gilded frame. Work guaranteed authentic. This is therefore a magnificent post-impressionist composition by Eugène Dauphin who paints here one of the emblematic places of his city, Fort Saint Louis in Toulon, with fishermen working on their boats. He uses his usual touch, as well as his bright and colorful palette. Eugène Dauphin, born Eugène Marie Baptistin Émile Dauphin on November 30, 1857 in Toulon (Var), and died in the same city on January 27, 1930, is a French painter Eugène Dauphin is the son of the entrepreneur Étienne Dauphin, who built many buildings in the upper town and on the boulevard de Strasbourg in Toulon. In 1878 he abandoned the preparation at the École Centrale to devote himself entirely to painting. He attended the Toulon Fine Arts studio, founded in 1873, which received, among others, Octave Gallian (1855-around 1905), Gustave Garaud (1844-1914) and Frédéric Montenard (1849-1926) who would be the leader of the new experiments of this young Toulon painting with François Nardi (1861-1936) and Louis Nattero (1870-1915). He was trained in Toulon by Vincent Courdouan, then in Paris by Henri Gervex. He made his debut in Paris at the Salon des artistes français in 1880 where he received an honorable mention in 1887 and a 3rd class medal in 1888 and exhibited at the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, of which he became a full member. Eugène-Baptiste Émile Dauphin was received as a painter of the Navy by decree of June 20, 1889 and was elected to the Academy of Painters of the Navy in 1894. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889. In 1898, the decoration of the foyer of the Toulon opera house was undertaken by Joseph Grandy and, in 1922, an order was placed with 16 painters for 16 large canvases. Eugène Dauphin produced one of them, The Flying Dutchman, inspired by the eponymous opera by Richard Wagner. He participated in the decoration of the restaurant Le Train bleu at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, for which he painted the Toulon panel that adorns the large room. He also produced the decor for the buffet at the Nice-Ville station and the function room of the Cercle naval de Toulon, which was his last major work3. Eugène Dauphin was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by decree of May 7, 1895. In 1929, he exhibited the paintings Dans la rade de Toulon and Barques de pêche at the Salon des artistes français. He died in his villa Paradis, in the Cap-Brun district of Toulon, on January 27, 1930