MERIO AMEGLIO
( 1897 - 1970 )
A fine signed oil on panel by Merio Ameglio depicting boats at the netrance to the port of Bastia in Corsica The work is signed lower right and painted with rich impasto. A lovely painting by a well collected painter.
Title: “Entrance to the Port at bastia - Corsica"
Medium: Oil on panel
Signature: Signed lower left
Provenance: Private collection- Paris
Size: c. 6.5 x 9 inches unframed / 12.5 x 15 framed
Condition: A little dirty otherwise very nice
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Italian, 20th century, male.
Active in France.
Born 4 October 1897, in San Remo; died 29 July 1970, in Paris.
Painter. Landscapes, urban landscapes, harbour scenes.
Mério Ameglio trained himself to paint on the French Mediterranean coast where he was raised. He painted in many regions of France: the Marseilles region; the Loing valley; the Seine valley; Chartres; and particularly Paris and Montmartre, where he lived from 1938 to his death.
Auction Records
Paris, 30 March 1949: St-Germain-des-Près, Snow, FRF 10,000
Paris, 29 Nov 1954: Rue Lafitte, FRF 15,000
New York, 11 Feb 1965: Anglers on the Banks of the Seine, USD 175
Versailles, 3 Dec 1972: Old Paris, FRF 4,000
Paris, 27 Feb 1976: St-Tropez (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 25½ ins/54 × 65 cm) FRF 2,500
Honfleur, 2 Jan 1977: Landscape with Bridge (oil on canvas, 22 × 18 ins/56 × 46 cm) FRF 7,000
Honfleur, 15 July 1979: View of Paris (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 5,600
Cannes, 28 July 1981: Moret Bridge (oil on canvas, 13 × 16¼ ins/33 × 41 cm) FRF 7,500
Troyes, 22 April 1983: Bastia Market (oil on canvas, 22 × 17¾ ins/56 × 45 cm) FRF 8,600
Troyes, 7 June 1984: Paris under Snow (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) FRF 5,400
Paris, 25 Nov 1985: Boulevard des Batignolles (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 7,000
Avignon, 23 March 1986: Gypsies (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 10,500
Rheims, 25 Oct 1987: Mediterranean Port, Villefranche-Mer (oil on card, 9 × 11 ins/22 × 27 cm) FRF 9,000; Montmartre, Rue de L'Abreuvoir (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 6,000
Troyes, 28 Feb 1988: Montmartre and the Sacré-Coeur in Paris (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 8,000
Paris, 14 March 1988: La Porte St-Martin (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 12,000
Rheims, 24 April 1988: Yachts in Venice (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) FRF 5,500
Paris, 12 June 1988: Corner of Market (oil/hardboard, 22 × 14¼ ins/55 × 36 cm) FRF 20,000
Versailles, 25 Sept 1988: Paris, Busy Boulevard near the Church of St Augustine (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 12,000
Versailles, 6 Nov 1988: Fishing Boats at Martigues (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36¼ ins/60 × 92 cm) FRF 28,000
Paris, 20 Nov 1988: Moret-sur-Loing (oil on card, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) FRF 40,000
Versailles, 18 Dec 1988: Market Day in Rouen (oil on canvas, 28½ × 36¼ ins/72.5 × 92 cm) FRF 35,000
Paris, 12 April 1989: Martigues (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36¼ ins/60 × 92 cm) FRF 41,000
Paris, 11 July 1989: Place Pigalle (oil on canvas, 25½ × 19¾ ins/65 × 50 cm) FRF 22,000
Paris, 22 Oct 1989: Mill under Snow (1958, oil on canvas, 22 × 18 ins/55 × 46 cm) FRF 30,000
Versailles, 29 Oct 1989: Mediterranean Fishing Port (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 28¾ ins/54 × 73 cm) FRF 28,000
La Varenne-St-Hilaire, 20 May 1990: Autumn, Place de la Madeleine (oil on panel, 10½ × 12¼ ins/26.5 × 31 cm) FRF 23,500
New York, 13 Feb 1991: Notre-Dame in Paris (oil on canvas, 18¼ × 22 ins/46.4 × 55 cm) USD 3,850
New York, 7 May 1991: Madeleine (1958, oil on canvas, 18 × 21½ ins/45.7 × 54.6 cm) USD 3,300
Langres, 22 June 1991: Port of Cassis (oil on canvas, 23½ × 32 ins/60 × 81 cm) FRF 20,000
Calais, 5 July 1992: Mediterranean Shore (oil on panel, 9 × 11 ins/22 × 27 cm) FRF 7,500
New York, 26 Feb 1993: Place Pigalle (oil on canvas, 18 × 21½ ins/45.7 × 54.6 cm) USD 1,840
Le Touquet, 30 May 1993: Mediterranean Port (oil on panel, 15 × 18 ins/38 × 46 cm) FRF 12,000
Le Touquet, 14 Nov 1993: Port of Marseilles (oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36½ ins/73 × 93 cm) FRF 20,500
New York, 14 June 1995: Place Pigalle (1953, oil on canvas, 18 × 21 ins/45.7 × 53.3 cm) USD 2,070
Paris, 20 March 1996: View of Villefranche (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36 ins/60 × 91.5 cm) FRF 11,000
Paris, 26-27 Nov 1996: Villefranche (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 10,500
Paris, 20 Jan 1997: La Place Blanche in Paris (1955, oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 5,800
Paris, 17 Oct 1997: Paris, Pantheon (oil on canvas, 18 × 22 ins/46 × 55 cm) FRF 6,200
Malmö, 13 Nov 1999: Rue Rivoli, Paris (oil on canvas, 13 × 16 ins/33 × 41 cm) SEK 5,600
Paris, 1 Dec 1999: Pont Neuf under Snow (oil on canvas, 19 × 22 ins/47 × 55 cm) FRF 6,500
Oxford, 30 March 2000: Small Cargo Craft in the Mediterranean (oil on canvas, 17 × 23 ins/44 × 59 cm) GBP 750
Paris, 9 June 2000: Cannes Croisette (oil on canvas, 13 × 18 ins/32 × 46 cm) FRF 18,000
Calais, 11 March 2001: Piazza San Marco, Venice (oil on canvas, 19 × 27 ins/49 × 69 cm) FRF 13,000
London, 5 June 2001: Continental Harbour (oil on panel) GBP 1,300
Calais, 7 July 2002: Port of St-Tropez (1932, oil on canvas, 18 × 26 ins/46 × 67 cm) EUR 2,700
New York, 2 Oct 2002: Busy Village Street (oil on canvas, 38 × 24 ins/96 × 60 cm) USD 1,400
London, 16 April 2003: Fishing Boats at a Mediterranean Town. Fishing Vessels in Still Waters (oil on board, a pair, 9 × 10 ins/22 × 26 cm) GBP 900
Paris, 16 June 2003: Rouen (oil on canvas, 24 × 29 ins/60 × 73 cm) EUR 3,350
Calais, 14 March 2004: Paris, Flower Market (oil on panel, 9 × 13 ins/24 × 33 cm) EUR 1,600
Paris, 19 March 2004: Place Clichy (1949, oil on canvas, 15 × 18 ins/38 × 46 cm) EUR 1,000
