Pastour Louis (1876-1948) "market Scene In Cannes" Provence Nice Paris Antibes Var Bonamici

PASTOUR Louis (1876-1948)

"Market scene in Cannes"

Oil on panel,
Signed lower right,
Countersigned, located and dated on the back by the artist: "July in Cannes, 1939, Louis Pastour"
Pencil study of painting on the back of the panel,

Beautiful bright and high-contrast work by the Cannes painter, Louis Pastour, which represents a market scene in a corner of old Cannes.
It could be in the background, the Chapel of Mercy.

Worker during the day and student in the evening at the School of Decorative Arts in the city of Nice then Paris, he exhibited for the first time at the age of 45. In 1902, he founded with a group of workers passionate about art: the Association of Fine Arts of Cannes of which he is the general secretary. Through this association, the painters of the region are highlighted by an annual exhibition.
Painter of light with a total mastery of colors, Louis Pastour uses the knife technique to bring his works to life.

Recognized by critics as a poet painter because of the names of poems they give to his works: Fête de soleil, Reflets d'or, Gloire au matin...

Dimensions: 41 x 26.5 cm without frame and 49.5 x 40.5 cm with its wooden frame.

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