Painting attr. Ed. Pannetier (1884-1965) Southern landscape tree

Painting made in pastel by edouard ec pannetier (1884-1965), unsigned, family provenance: see attached bio. Very beautiful pastel, for this work representing a landscape of the south (france, algeria where the artist stayed and worked?). Very good state of conservation 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 of his father, he began his artistic studies at the ecole des beaux-arts in his hometown 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.