Pastel Painting Ed. Pannetier (1884-1965) Navy

Painting signed by the hand of edouard ec pannetier (1884-1965): see attached bio. Very beautiful pastel, work representing a mediterranean seascape (perhaps in algeria where the artist stayed and worked). Very good condition (a small trace of tape on the corners that goes unnoticed). Sold with its frame. Provenance: artist's family. Dimensions of the view: 22 / 28 cm, with frame: 36 / 42 cm edouard-emmanuel-charles pannetier, provençal painter and orientalist, was born on november 6, 1884 in clermont-ferrand (auvergne). Orphaned by his father, he began his artistic studies at the ecole des beaux-arts in his hometown and then at the ecole des arts décoratifs in paris. Trained as a drawing teacher, he worked for a few years in algeria at the lamoricière high school in oran between 1910 and 1920. Back in france, he worked as a drawing teacher at the high school in aix-en-provence around 1930. He painted many landscapes and genre scenes from algeria and provence. For the rest, he illustrated several literary works, highlighting the novel “atala” by chateaubriand in its 1946 edition. He died in rueil-malmaison, near paris, on october 14, 1965, at the age of 80.