Allegre raymond, oil on canvas port of marseille signed dated 19th century

An oil on canvas depicting the entrance to the Port of Marseille. Signed bottom left R. Allègre, and dated 1890. Gold wooden frame (minor wear) Period: late 19th century. Framed dimensions 43 X 60 cm. Good condition. Ref adequantik 2605206. Raymond Louis Allègre (1857-1933), French artist. A painter of landscapes in Provence, Allègre is also an Orientalist painter. A student at the École des beaux-arts in Marseille, he was a friend of Jean-Baptiste Olive, another renowned Provençal painter. He continued his artistic training at the École des beaux-arts in Paris in the studios of Jean-Paul Laurens, Antoine Vollon, and Léon Bonnat. He painted landscapes of the Paris region and Normandy from 1875, before returning to Provence. Exhibited at the Salon in Paris from 1880 to 1932. In 1900, he contributed two panels (Alger and Cassis) to the decoration of the restaurant "Le Train bleu" at the Gare de Lyon in Paris. Awarded the title of Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1903.