Oil painting on wood panel, landscape with bridge, signed at bottom right by the artist Paul-Alphonse Marsac, born on 22. July 1865 France. Framed. France School, mentioned in the reference list of Benezit.
MEASURES: Painting about H 25,0 cm x W 35,5 cm. Frame about H 37,0 cm x W 47,9 cm
ARTIST:
Paul Alphonse Marsac was a French marine and landscape painter.
He was born on 22 July 1865 in Paris, France, and died on 4 February 1926 in Marseille.
Paul Alphonse Marsac was the son of Pierre Marsac, a professor, and Marie Anne Besnard, a seamstress.
From 1888 to 1890, he was a designer in the geographic service of the armies.
He received a medal at the Salon des Artistes Francois in 1895 when he became an official marine painter.
In 1903 he married Marie Seraphine Balme.
In 1906 he was Secretary General of the Colonial Exhibition in Marseille.
He died in Marseille on 4 February 1926. Source: Wikipedia
Paintings by this artist can also be found in museums, e.g. in the Musée Baron-Martin in the French town of Gray. The artist is named in Benezit.
DESCRIPTION:
Oil painting on wood panel, summer landscape with bridge in Southern France, signed at bottom right by the artist Paul-Alphonse Marsac. The artist was born on 22. July 1865. French School, the artist is mentioned in the reference list of Benezit. The painting was created in the late 19./ first 20. century, framed in a gold and ebonised frame of the time.
MEASURES:
Frame: about. H 37,0 cm x W 47,9 cm
Painting: about H 25,0 cm x W 35,5 cm
CONDITION:
- in good conditon for age
- no damages
472/ K
