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NATTERO Louis (1870-1915)
"Sunset
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower left,
Old label on back: "Peintre Nattero Marseille - Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône près de Marseille - Coucher de soleil" and label with "4N 73",
Various annotations on back: "Port Toulon",
Beautiful, luminous and colorful work by Marseille painter Louis Nattero, depicting a corner of the port of Ferrière, most likely in Les Martigues.
The artist's colorful brushstrokes show us the power of the sun at the end of a day in Provence, where the facades of the buildings are drenched in light and the sails of the boats in the harbor are ablaze.
Our painting can be compared with another work by the artist, to be sold in Monaco in 2019, depicting a very similar view and titled by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the canvas "Port de Toulon (Var).
After an unhappy childhood in an orphanage, he turned to painting. In 1891, he married in Toulon. At the age of 26, thanks to a grant from the town of Toulon, he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris. However, suffering from lead poisoning, he was forced to cut short his Parisian studies. He returned to Toulon before settling permanently in his native Marseille in 1904.
His talent was quickly recognized, and his paintings were a great success with customers in Marseille and Toulon.
From 1902 onwards, he took part in exhibitions in Toulon and Marseille, where his talent was rewarded with numerous prizes.
Dimensions: 46 x 38 cm unframed and 63.5 x 55.5 cm with its original gilded wood frame.
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