Code: 6094
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A beautiful circa 1900 French impressionist oil on panel depicting boats on the left bank of the River Seine in Paris, with the Pont du Carrousel and the Louvre Museum across the water, by Karl Cartier.
The work is signed lower right and presented in a beautiful Montparnasse painted frame with swept corners and centres.
Artist: Karl Cartier (French, 1855-1925)
Title: Les Quais de la Seine
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 6.5 x 15 inches (17 x 38 cm) including the frame
Karl Cartier was a French painter, draftsman, and museum curator best known for his landscapes and regional scenes of the town of Moret-sur-Loing and the surrounding Barbizon countryside. Born in Paris, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under the influential artists Carolus-Duran, Gustave Boulanger, and Jean-Léon Gérôme. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1880 to 1914, earning recognition for his atmospheric depictions of rural France and his sensitive portraiture
