364 - Vincent COURDOUAN (1810–1893)

Vincent COURDOUAN (1810–1893) View of an Oasis, 1860 Mixed media on cardboard Signed lower left 16 x 24 cm (image size) Framed Description: Born in Toulon in 1810, Vincent Courdouan trained under Pierre Letuaire and then at the École des Beaux-Arts de la Marine, before studying in Paris at the studio of Paulin Guérin, a fellow native of Toulon. Awarded a medal at the Salon as early as 1838 for his watercolors and pastels, his students included the engraver Charles Meryon; he became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de la Marine in Toulon, then honorary director of the city’s museum. A traveler, he visited Naples, Egypt, and, beginning in 1847, Algeria, from which he brought back Orientalist motifs that complemented his seascapes and Provençal landscapes. Admitted to the Félibrige by Frédéric Mistral, he belonged to the generation of Provençal painters that also included Émile Loubon, Paul Guigou, and Adolphe Monticelli.