Harbour scene in the pittoresque village Martinique in South France was executed by popular French painter Charles Henri Malfroy ( 1895 Martinique /Bouches du Rhône - 1944)Buchenwald concentration camp). He apprenticed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with his father Charles Malfroy, with whom he is often confused. He exhibited regularly in Paris, at the Salon des Artistes Français and at the Salon des Indépendants until 1934. Adopting a technique close to Impressionism, he painted the coasts and ports of Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, but also landscapes of Paris and the banks of the Seine. Installed in Martigues, he broadens his touch, illuminates his compositions, approaching Provencal landscapers, such as Ziem. Toulon Museum: Oriental landscape. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. A member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, Malfroy was arrested and died in Buchenwald concentration camp. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Liberation. Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker ( in German)and "Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers" by Benezit (in French), Paris, 1999; Wikipedia in English and French. Inscription: signed lower right. Technique: oil on canvas. Original frame. Measurements: unframed w 21 5/8" x h 15 " (55 x 38 cm), framed w 28 1/8" x h 21 3/8" (71,5 x 54,3 cm). Condition: in good condition, canvas is slightly cracked.