André Hambourg (1909-1999) - Oil on canvas - "The cursed end, Honfleur"

André Hambourg (1909-1999) Oil on canvas. "Le maudit bout, Honfleur" Signed lower left, titled, located, dated 1958 and countersigned on the stretcher. Beautiful quality, good rating for this French painter. Gilded wood frame. Dimensions with frame: 32.5x23cm. Dimensions without frame: 22x12cm. Very good condition. Bibliography: - Lydia Harambourg, "André Hamburg" Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint", vol. 2, Paris, Desgrandchamps: work reproduced in color p.58 under the reference hf121. - Revue "Caractères", 1959, work reproduced in color. The chapel of the hospital in the suburb of "Maudit Bout" in Honfleur is the subject of numerous variations in different seasons by André Hamburg, between 1951 and 1958. For example, a very similar composition made in winter in the same dimensions (reference hf123) *André Hambourg painted landscapes and seascapes. Lithographer, draftsman, decorator, he traveled a lot and brought back from his stays many preparatory drawings to illustrate bibliophile works, notably on Normandy and its beaches, Provence and its markets. In 1933, he was awarded the Prix de l'Afrique-Ouest Française and the Prix Abd-el-Tif — shared with Émile Bouneau — and settled in North Africa from 1933 to 1939. Official painter of the Navy since 1952, he divided his time between the Normandy coast — he owned a house in Englesqueville-en-Auge (Calvados) — and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, which were his favorite subjects. In 2007, his wife Nicole Rachet donated 71 of his works (paintings, prints and drawings) to the Musée National de la Marine in Paris.