Louis Blanchard Dit Florane (1869-1939), House By The River, Montluçon ?, Gouache

Louis Marie Emile Blanchard, dit Florane (1869 Castanet Tolosan - 1939 Montvicq) is a French painter, designer and illustrator.
He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse, began as an illustrator in Paris at the start of the 20th century, during which time he befriended Charles Léandre and Steinlen.
Landscape of a house by the river, around Montluçon?
Mixed media on paper (watercolor, gouache, charcoal and pastel)
36.3 x 27.3 cm (view)
46.3 x 37.3 cm (frame)
Signed lower right: Florane Annotated on the reverse: "Florane, his real name Louis Blanchard lived in the house Chesnot Place de la Comédie / Florane was the name of his wife from whom he was divorced / Louis Blanchard Florane 1872-1939 ".
Florane taught in Montluçon during the interwar period and opened a workshop, as specified on the back of the painting, in the Chesnot house in Montluçon, place de la Comédie. It could therefore be that this landscape is a landscape of the surroundings of Montluçon.