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Description

This auction is for a beautifully serene oil on canvas by the artist ROGER DE LA CORBIERE, who has signed the painting in the lower right hand corner. According to the Stacy-Marks gallery label verso (as shown) the date the painting was acquired by the gallery, or the date it was painted was 1953, but we are not sure which is correct. The gallery has titled the painting Perros-Guirec, but the artist has written in his own hand 'Environs de Perros-Guirec (Cote du N)'. Perros-Guirec is a small coastal town on a peninsula on the north coast of Brittany. The painting depicts the setting sun reflecting on the waves gently lapping on the sandy beach, with a rocky headland silhouetted against the sky with a further distant headland beyond and a group of rocky islands out to sea.

PLEASE NOTE - It has not proved possible to exactly capture the colouring of the painting in our images. It has a more mauve/pinky tone than that shown. The best portrayal of the colouring is in Image No. 3.

ROGER DE LA CORBIERE, 1893-1974, was a French artist who was born in Vienna. He studied under the Russian painter Choltse, who was a great exponent of light and shade particularly in snow scenes. He exhibited at the Paris Salon for 35 years, receiving the Silver Medal in 1954. In 1957 he received the Bronze Medal from the Salon des Independants. The French State acquired several of his paintings in 1925. His painting are in the collections of many well known persons throughout the world.

He worked mainly from his studio in Brittany, but also spent some time in the Riviera. His daughter carried on the family tradition, painting similar scenes.

Auction results for works by this artist may be found at artprice.com (64 listings), arcadja.com (32), artnet.com (14) and findartinfo.com (37). For examples of his work, please visit these sites or look on google.

The painting is framed in a 3 3/4" cream and gilt mottled frame and slip and is ready to hang.

Medium Oils on canvas