CHARLES MALFROY ( 1862 - 1918 )
A lovely signed oil on canvas by the renowned French painter Charles Malfroy depicting figures on the coat at Algiers in North Africa. The work is on canvas and signed lower right, titled and dated verso and unlined on its original canvas.
Title: ‘’Paysage Alger 1915”
Signature: Signed lower right and titled verso
Medium: Oil on original canvas
Size: c. 11 x 16 inches unframed / 14 x 19 inches framed
Condition: Unlined and unrestored original condition
Charles Malfroy painted coastal scenes and Mediterranean ports from Bouches-du-Rhône to the Var. His name and the similarity of his subjects mean he is often confused with Henry Malfroy.
Auction Records
Paris, 7 March 1945: Harbour View, FRF 2,600
Paris, 10 Feb 1947: Harbour Views (two oils on canvas) FRF 4,000
Versailles, 23 May 1976: Boats at Anchor (1879, oil on panel, 13½ × 18 ins/34 × 46 cm) FRF 2,400
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...ersailles, 25 April 1979: Fishing Village (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36¼ ins/60 × 92 cm) FRF 6,600
Lille, 24 April 1983: Sailing Boats in Nantes Harbour (oil on canvas, 15¼ × 22 ins/38.5 × 56 cm) FRF 16,000
Zurich, 21 June 1985: Fishing Port in Provence (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) CHF 11,000
Paris, 20 Jan 1988: Setting out to Go Fishing, Les Martigues (two oils on panel, each 7 × 14¼ ins/17.5 × 36 cm) FRF 14,000
Paris, 15 Feb 1988: View of a Harbour (oil on canvas remounted/panel, 9¾ × 11¾ ins/25 × 30 cm) FRF 5,500
Versailles, 25 Sept 1988: Sailing Boats in Mediterranean Harbour (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 32 ins/54 × 81 cm) FRF 31,000
Versailles, 18 Dec 1988: Fishing Boats at Les Lecques (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 32 ins/54 × 81 cm) FRF 26,500
Versailles, 5 March 1989: Small Harbour on the Inland Sea at Berre (oil on canvas, 24½ × 36¼ ins/62 × 92 cm) FRF 25,000
Paris, 27 April 1989: Fishing Boats in Martigues Harbour (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36¼ ins/60 × 92 cm) FRF 30,000
Paris, 18 May 1989: Small Provençal Harbour (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) FRF 14,500
St-Dié, 23 July 1989: Bandol (oil on canvas, 18 × 25½ ins/46 × 65 cm) FRF 25,700
London, 6 Oct 1989: Mediterranean Port (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36 ins/60 × 91.5 cm) GBP 3,080
Neuilly, 5 Dec 1989: On the Inland Sea at Berre (oil on canvas, 25½ × 21¼ ins/65 × 54 cm) FRF 32,000
Paris, 4 March 1990: Martigues Harbour (oil on canvas, 16¼ × 25½ ins/41 × 65 cm) FRF 41,000
Paris, 6 Dec 1990: Big Naval Manoeuvres in the Mediterranean (1906, oil on canvas, 35¼ × 57½ ins/89.5 × 146 cm) FRF 56,000
Le Touquet, 8 June 1992: Mediterranean Landscape (oil on canvas, 16¼ × 25½ ins/41 × 65 cm) FRF 20,000
Paris, 22 June 1992: Cassis (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) FRF 20,000
Paris, 21 Dec 1992: Return from Fishing (oil on canvas, 23½ × 36¼ ins/60 × 92 cm) FRF 21,000
Paris, 21 March 1994: Shore in Provence (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) FRF 18,500
Paris, 12 July 1995: Boats in Venice Lagoon (1906, oil on canvas, 21¼ × 35¾ ins/54 × 91 cm) FRF 12,000
Paris, 24 March 1997: Harbour Scene at Martigues (oil on canvas, 13½ × 16 ins/34.5 × 40.6 cm) FRF 5,200
Paris, 12 Dec 1997: Mediterranean Port (oil on canvas, 9 × 11 ins/22 × 27 cm) FRF 14,500
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Dateline of this antique is 1910
Height is 35.6cm (14.0inches)Width is 48.3cm (19.0inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
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