Code: 5092
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A beautiful large mid 20th century French naïf oil on canvas depicting the Pont Neuf across the River Seine in Paris, by Maurice Bonnin.
Exceptional quality work by this important French painter which is presented in a superb carved wood Montparnasse frame with it's original label.
The work is signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse. In very good original condition having recentlly been professionally cleaned.
Bonnin is featured in Anatole Jakovsky's ''Peintres Naïfs'' which is considered the bible of mid 20th century French naïf painters.
Artist: Maurice Bonnin (French, 1901-1993)
Title: Le Pont Neuf
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 33 x 38 inches (84 x 96 cm) including the frame
Maurice Bonnin was born in Naples to a French father and English mother. From 1926 to 1947 he worked as a furrier with the firm of Revilon - later he set up on his own.
Bonnin had always loved to paint - after 1958 he painted more often, but without giving up his regular profession. He is an artist who is at the same time sensitive and thoughtful and therefore creates beautiful work.
