Louis PASTOUR (1876-1948) 
Cannes 1928 

A delightful painting of a coastal landscape depicting fishing boats and figures on a beach near Cannes by the French post impressionist artist Louis Pastour. Painted using a heavy impasto, with a rich kaleidoscope of colours, signed and dated 1928.

Pastour belonged to the Provençal School of artists. He studied in Nice and Paris and did not exhibit until he was 45 years of age. His work can be found at musée d'Orsay in Paris, at musée des beaux-arts de Nice and at the National museum of Art of Roumania in Bucarest. 

Condition 
The canvas has been lined and the painting recently framed. 

Size 
43cm x 57cm (47cm x 61cm framed) 
17 x 22.5inches (18.5 x 24inches framed)