View of a fisher market on the river bank (in Rouen or Strassburg) was created in 1883 by famous French landscape painter Eugene Deshaye (1828 - Paris - 1890). The fact that the painting depicts the scene in Rouen or Strassburg confirmed by comparison with two other similar paintings by this author , depicting market scenes on the bank of Seine in Rouen and on the bank of Ill river in Starssburg (see additional photos).Deshayes, Eugène, French landscape painter, draughtsman, lithographer (1828 Paris - 1890 Paris) was pupil of his father Jean Eléazard D. as well as by Alexandre-Gabriel Dechamps (Due to the Paris Salon-Cat.1875). -Painted oils and watercolours , drew mostly marines and Landscapes (e.g. Parisian environment, forest of Fontainebleau, Normandy, Brittany, Dauphiné, Savoie, Provence, Switzerland, Holland) in impressionist. Manner; sensitive mood images, which are sometimes reminiscent of Charles-François Daubigny, Camille Corot, Eugène Boudin and Eugene Isabey. D. lithographed to own drawings as well as other templates, such as Mon. et paysages de l ´ Orient after Philibert Joseph Girault de Prangey, 1851 (BN, Cabinet des Estampes). The artist exhibited his works at the Paris Salon from 1848 to 1882. Eugene Deshayes not to be confused with the painter Eugène-François-Adolphe D.Works situate : BOSTON/Fine Art Museum, Paris Orsey and Louvre; . CHARTRES, MBA; LA ROCHELLE, MBA; ROUEN, MBA, et de la Céramique; albertina,Vienna.

EXHIBITIONS: Paris: Salon of 1848-82; 1885 Salon de Blanc et Noir / 1870 Dublin, R. Hibernian ACAD.

Literature: Akl by Saur; ThIeme/Becker, v.9, 1913. DBF X, 1965; Bénézit III, 1976; Harambourg, 1985; RoyalHibAcad I, 1986; Schurr/Cabanne I, 1996 - IFF, après 1800 VI, 1953; Schurr I, 1975.

Inscription: signed and dated (18)83 lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 28 3/4" x h 21 3/4" (73 x 55 cm), framed w 36 1/2" x h 29 1/2" (93 x 75 cm ).

Condition: in good condition, original canvas professionally restored and cleaned.