Mediterranean port - Henry Malfroy (1895 - 1945)

Mediterranean port by henry Malfroy

Oil on canvas, with the artist's usual extraordinary light and palette.

Charles Henri Malfroy (January 15, 1895 - April 27, 1945) was a French painter.
He apprenticed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with 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 close to Impressionism, he painted the coasts and harbors 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 the Second World War, Malfroy was arrested and died in Buchenwald concentration camp. He was posthumously awarded the Ordre de la Libération.

He apprenticed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with 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 close to Impressionism, he painted the coasts and harbors of the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var regions, as well as landscapes of Paris and the banks of the Seine.

Dimensions: view H: 134 cm W: 80 cm frame: 145 cm x 94 cm