Impressionist painting signed - Oil on canvas, Norman school 1930

Hello, I am offering an authentic oil on canvas signed "PaulEm", for a certain attribution to Paul-Emile LECOMTE (1877-1950), a referenced and valued painter. This painting is a typical example of landscape representation from the late 19th century. This interseason painting of contemplative solitude is a magnificent representation of rural romanticism. This oil on canvas is also a memorial work celebrating a rural France in full transformation with a certain nostalgia for the land. At the time this painting was created, these windmill constructions were already almost the remnants of a bygone era, gradually replaced by industrial mills for the transformation of grains into flour. The work is in perfect condition, cleaned, and a satin varnish from Winsor and Newton has been applied by a professional. The frame is original, and the original frame has been fully restored, with a "pale gold" gilding applied. This former mill, now gone, could have been located near Grainville-la-Teinturière, a commune in Normandy in the Seine-Maritime department (76). Paul-Émile LECOMTE, fleeing PARIS, primarily painted in this region as well as in Brittany. He used several forms of signatures throughout his career. Among them, “PaulEm” is one of the signatures found on certain works linked to his maturity period between 1910 and 1925. Rather than using his full surname, he sometimes signed Paul-Émile with just his initials, or he merged the two in a rather cursive and compressed style as seen in this painting. Frame dimensions: 74 cm X 53 cm. Artwork dimensions: 61 cm X 41 cm. The work is in perfect condition, cleaned, and a satin varnish from Winsor and Newton has been applied by a professional.