OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED. HALLES DE PARIS. RAYMOND BESSÉ.

Description:
- Oil on canvas of the Halles market in Paris, known as Les Halles.
- It was a wholesale market in the centre of Paris until 1968, becoming a shopping centre in the following decade. It was created during the Second Empire, but because of the traffic problems it caused, it was moved.
- Raymond Bessé (1899-1969) French artist, his favourite subject was Paris, he loved to illustrate life in and around the capital. His subjects were the working-class neighbourhoods of Paris, associated with the bleak, snowy weather, which made his artwork often dark and sad, and as a result, many people ignored it.
- The painting depicts the bustling Halles market in Paris, rendered in beautiful, vivid colours, and with great skill.
- The artistic quality and execution is very good. It has a medium line with a lot of paint, which gives it the relief that can be seen in the photographs. The brushstrokes are very loose, which gives a great liveliness to the oil painting.
- The painting is painted in a variety of bright colours.
- The details of the oil and the handling of the colours are really magnificent.
- The frame is later, but it fits perfectly.

Conservation and Damage:
- The painting is in very good condition.
- It has been cleaned.
- The frame has small insignificant rubs.
- The oil painting has not suffered from external aggressions such as humidity, insect attacks, rodents, etc.
- The object shows the wear and tear of it’s age.

Comments:
- Both the Measurements and the Weight are approximate.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The object is the one that corresponds to the photos.
- The description is not a detailed exposition of the object.
- The data provided here are personal opinions and are not verified.