Paul Marny French 1829-1914 Watercolour Normandy

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We are offering for sale a watercolour by the artist PAUL MARNY, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner and entitled it in the lower left 'Bolbec Basse Normandie'. The painting depicts an old French town on the river, with a small quay in front of some houses, with a boat unloading. To the left of the painting, there is a bridge across the river, with some large buildings, possibly industrial, alongside it. As far as we can ascertain, due to the easy access to water, there were several mills in Bolbec at this time.

PAUL MARNY was born in Paris and worked there for some years, possibly as a painter and decorator for Sevres, before moving to Belfast to join a French architect. He was persuaded to move to Scarborough in 1860 by Oliver Sarony, the photographic pioneer. He visited France from time to time, but remained living in Scarborough. Although not making much money at first, his work came to the attention of a local art dealer John Linn in 1878, who made an arrangement to take all of his paintings, in return for a stipend of £5 per week.

He painted many scenes of France and the Continent, largely from memory and local scenes in Yorkshire, always in watercolour. He died in Scarborough on 24th October 1914.

Biographical details for this artist may be found in The Dictionary of British Artists, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood, Mallalieu's Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, and Grant Waters' Dictionary of British Artists.

Paul Marny with a very prolific artist and auction results achieved for his work may be found at artprice.com (431 listings) and at findartinfo.com (213), artnet.com (153 and arcadja.com (120).

The painting is mounted with washlines and is framed in a 1/2" gilt frame. It is ready to hang.

Medium Watercolours on paper
PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 12 5/8" x 7 1/8" 32cm x 18.1cm Frame size 19" x 13 7/8" 48.25cm x 35.3cm Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Watercolours Period Victorian Antiques Material Paper Origin French Artist Paul Marny Condition Excellent. There is no foxing or fading. The frame is in very good condition. Item code as237a272 Status Sold

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