Village of Savoie - Georges Gonthier, 20th century

Georges GONTHIER (Condé-sur-Escaut 1886-1969 Le Havre) Subject: village in Savoie. Medium: oil on wood. Period: early 20th century. Signed 'G. Gonthier' at the bottom. Georges Gonthier, trained by Fortuné Layraud, a laureate of the Prix de Rome, pursued a career as an art teacher and specialised in landscape painting. In 1907, he became a drawing teacher in Fécamp, then moved to Le Havre in 1914, where he taught at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts from 1924. His works mainly depict landscapes of the North, Brittany, Savoie, and the surroundings of Le Havre. From 1924 onwards, Gonthier regularly exhibited in Paris, notably at the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. A retrospective exhibition of his work took place at the Musée d'Art moderne du Havre. The painting presented here immortalises a village in Savoie, along with the lush landscape that surrounds it.