Eugene le Poittevin (Paris 1806-1870)

Fisherfolk on the banks of Normandy

Details

Eugene le Poittevin (Paris 1806-1870)
Fisherfolk on the banks of Normandy
signed and dated 'Eug. Le Poittevin. 1835.' (lower right) and signed with monogram 'ELP' (centre left)
oil on canvas
99 x 115.5 cm.

Provenance

with Etienne Rey, Paris (according to an old label on reverse).
(Possibly) F.Fallou; Lepke, Berlin, November 1877, lot 66.
Lieutenant-Colonel de Seva.
Arnold de Pret.
Arnold Baron de Kerckhove d'Ousselghem, Brussels (according to an old label on reverse).
Mrs. Jill Ridout; Christie's, London, 21 June 1991, lot 3.
with Douwes, Amsterdam, 1994, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner.

Literature

(Possibly) F. von Boetticher, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 1948, I, p. 876, no. 9 'Strand bei Dünkirchen, h.0,90, br. 1.12'.

Exhibited

(Possibly) Paris, Salon, 1835, no. 1383, as 'Scène de Pêcheurs, Vue Prise sur les côtes de Bretagne, à Marée Basse'.

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Lot Essay

Eugène Lepoittevin was a pupil of Louis Hersent (1777-1860) and August-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826), exhibiting regularly at the Paris Salon from 1831 onwards. Lepoittevin travelled and worked in England, France, Italy and The Netherlands, depicting the simple coastal life. In England he may also have met his contemporary fellow artist Richard Parkes Bonnington (1802-1828), whose choice of subjects and compositions are closely comparable. Lepoittevin was best known for his marines, beach- and riverscenes, of which this painting is an important example.

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