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Mediterranean Port by Henry Malfroy
Oil on panel, featuring the extraordinary light and color palette characteristic of the artist.
Charles Henri Malfroy (January 15, 1895 – April 27, 1945) was a French painter.
He trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under his father, Charles Malfroy, with whom he is often confused.
He exhibited regularly in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Indépendants until 1934.
Adopting a technique similar to Impressionism, he painted the coastlines and ports of the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var regions, as well as landscapes of Paris and the banks of the Seine
. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. A member of the French Resistance during World War II, Malfroy was arrested and died at the Buchenwald concentration camp. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Liberation.
He trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under his father, Charles Malfroy, with whom he is often confused. He exhibited regularly in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Indépendants until 1934.
Adopting a technique similar to Impressionism, he painted the coastlines and ports of the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var regions, as well as landscapes of Paris and the banks of the Seine.
Dimensions: as shown H: 134 cm W: 80 cm Frame: 145 cm x 95 cm
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