"Petit Eugene (active In Le Havre Around 1876)"
"Rescue with a view to the city of Le Havre"oil on canvas, signed, dated 1883 lower right followed by the symbol of the naval anchor characteristic of French naval painters.
dim: 72 x 92 cm.
Vintage setting.
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Eugène Petit appears in "The dictionary of French painters of the sea and the navy", page 268. He is described as "works in Le Havre around 1876", "Pupil of Pierre Gilbert and Anatole de Beaulieu", "Portraitist of boats, he also represented harbor entrances and shipwrecks ".
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