This is the pair to the Item No. 6578.

Coastal scene  by unloading the fishing catch was executed in 1832 by French landscape and marine painter Eugéne Raymond Goethals (1804 Bordeaux - 1864 Paris). Pupil of famous marine painter Baron Theodor Gudin. Exhibited in Paris Salon in 1835 - 1864  with his coastal views of Normandy, Calvados, Gironde. He is a good but  so far almost completely forgotten  representative of the School of Fontainebleau.In museum Calvet in Avignon are two marine works by him.

Literature: artist lexicons: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999; Thieme/Becker, Leipzig,1999; Brewington, 1982; Bellieur-Auvray, Dict.gen., 1882.

Inscription: signed and dated 1832 lower left.

Technique: framed oil on wood.

Measurements: unframed w 18 7/8 " x h 13 1/2" (48 x 34,5 cm), framed w 22 1/4" x h 117" (56,5 x 43 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.