Eugène Deshayes (1862/68 Algiers - 1939 ibid.) Dawn... Lot 1829

Eugène Deshayes (1862/68 Algiers - 1939 ibid.) Dawn over the sea Impressionist coastal landscape. Eugène Deshayes was a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. He exhibited in Algiers from 1890, and also at the Salon des artistes français from 1894-1907, where he received an honorable mention in 1896. In 1910 he became an official painter for the navy. His Algerian motifs were particularly successful. He also painted sun-drenched and colorful landscapes of Corsica, Provence, the Balearic Islands and nuanced views of the Île-de-France. Oil on canvas; signed a. r. a. dat. (19)05; 40.5 x 32.5 cm. Frame. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated (19)05.