Eugene Le Poittevin Oil on Canvas Farmer on the Towpath, circa 1850

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Eugene Le Poittevin Oil on Canvas Farmer on the Towpath, circa 1850

About the Item

We are pleased to present you a lovely oil on canvas depicting "A Farmer on the Towpath." Beautiful French school, signed on the lower right by Eugene Le Poittevin, circa 1850. Sizes unframed: W 14.96 in. - H 10.62 in. Sizes with frame: W 23.22 in. - H 18.11 in. Our painting is a very fine original condition with his original hand-carved-giltwood frame. Eugene Lepoittevin (1806-1870) was a French landscape painter, lithographer, and caricaturist. He was appointed as Peintre de la Marine for the French Ministry of Defence in 1849. His work is exhibited in many museums in France and at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Eugene Lepoittevin was born as Eugène Modeste Edmond Poidevin on 31 July 1806 in Paris, France. His cousin was Guy de Maupassant.[3] He was trained as a painter by Louis Hersent and Xavier Leprince. Lepoittevin became a painter, lithographer, and caricaturist. Some of his drawings were published in La Caricature. He did many landscape paintings of Étretat in Normandy. For example, Empress Eugénie de Montijo, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, acquired his Les Bains de Mer à Etretat. Lepoittevin exhibited his work at the Salon in Paris from 1831 onwards. He was appointed as Peintre de la Marine in 1849. Lepoittevin died on 6 August 1870 in Paris, France. His works are exhibited at the Maison de Balzac and the Hôtel de Brienne (home to the Ministry of Defence) in Paris, the Palace of Versailles and the Musée Lambinet in Versailles, the Château de Dieppe, the Musée de la Faïence et des Beaux-Arts in Nevers, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, the Musée Magnin in Dijon, the Musée des beaux-arts in Troyes, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, the Musée des beaux-arts in Marseille, the Musée des beaux-arts in Chambéry, the Musée Sarret de Grozon in Arbois, the Musée maritime de l'île Tatihou in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, the museum in Soissons,[5] and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Creator:
Eugene Le Poittevin (Painter)
Dimensions:
Height: 18.12 in (46 cm)Width: 23.23 in (59 cm)Depth: 2.76 in (7 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Mid-19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1850
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Our painting is a very fine original condition with his original hand-carved-giltwood frame.
Seller Location:
Saint Ouen, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU173629062643