Maurice Martin (1894-1978) Entrevaux

Very pretty and decorative oil on canvas burlap painter born in Mormant Maurice Martin. The work in very good condition represents Entrevaux, one of the most beautiful villages in the Alpes de Haute Provence. It is framed in a simple frame, gilded, which suits him very well, and measure (without the frame) 55 cm by 46 and 64 cm by 73 framed. Distinctions President of the Association des Paysagistes Français Winner of the Salon des Artistes Français, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon de la Marine Member of the Committee and Vice-President of the Salon d'Hiver Member of the Jury and the Committee of French Artists from 1968 to 1978 Knight of the Legion of Honor for the Fine Arts Officer of Public Instruction Prize of the French Landscapers Vase of Sèvres offered by the President of the Republic Gold Medal at the salons of Fontainebleau, Juvisy, Asnières, Troyes, Nemours Medal of Honor at the Salon de Clichy 1936: Honorable Mention at the Salon of French Artists for the Quai des Laveuses at Moret Prix Paul Liot 1943: Prize of Landscapers 1942: Silver Medal at the Salon of French Artists 1946: Gold Medal at the same Salon Prix Corot 1950: Prize of Morocco and travel grant in 1951 1955: Silver Medal of the City of Paris 1956: Gold Medal Salon of French Artists 1960: Mé daille of the General Council of the Seine 1960: Price of Madagascar and travel grant 1969: Prize of Tunisia 1969 1970: Rosa Bonheur Prize Museography The paintings of Maurice Martin acquired by the French State and the City of Paris or by the foreign national administrations are visible: in France: at the Musée de l'Île-de-France at the Château de Sceaux, at the National City of the History of Immigration at Paris Porte Dorée, at the Museum of Veterans Painters of the Hôtel des Invalides , the Museum of Belfort, the Museum of Nemours, the Montbard Museum, the Paris City Hall, the Superior Council of the Judiciary, the premises of the Ministry of Culture; abroad: at the Rabat Museum, at the Tananarive Museum. Exhibitions Abroad Rudolf Otto Gallery - Vienna London - 1975 Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka Herbert Arnot Gallery - New York (www.arnoart.com) Klein Gallery - Los Angeles Rembrandt Gallery - Brussels Pushkin Museum in Moscow and Hermitage in St. Petersburg Exhibitions Paris, Lille, Amiens, Brussels, Lyon, St Etienne, Nantes, Chantilly. Retrospective exhibitions March 27, 1969: Sale of Maurice Martin and Edmond Daynes workshops, Claude Robert, auctioneer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 1981: Galerie Drouant in Paris. 1983 and 1986: Gallery of goldsmiths in Paris. 2011: Gallery of the Pont Neuf in Paris. 2012: Museum of Moret sur Loing.