Voiliers au Loin oil on canvas minimalist wooden frame complements the

minimalist wooden frame complements the geometry of the scene and its color palette

Materials: Oil on cardboard

rare from this period

Original old portrait from Europe: 19th-century Italian School oil on canvas dedicated (in Italian) to a very dear friend

Voiliers au Loin oil on canvas minimalist wooden frame complements the19th century small scale ocean painting, where the water and sky are deep muted grey, and a couple tiny sailboats appear on the horizon. Signed J. Benoit Levy, for Jules Benoit Lvy (1866 1952). Benoit Lvy (18661952) was a French painter and printmaker known for his history and sea paintings, genre scenes, and depictions of everyday life. Trained at the Paris School of Decorative Arts and the School of Fine Arts, he studied under notable artists like