La Baie french painting seaside houses are rendered with

seaside houses are rendered with rhythmic post-impressionist brushwork

and his watercolors have been widely admired

19th-century French School oil on wood dedicated to C

The original antique frame has restored moldings on the upper horizontal edge and some missing bits of molding on the rear left vertical edge

La Baie french painting seaside houses are rendered with20th century large scale oil on canvas, signed lower left Laurent Gsell (18601944). A Mediterranean coastal landscape representing the French Riviera. The composition opens with a rocky foreground and a path to the left, framed by umbrella pines typical of the region. Purples, ochres, and warm earth tones move across the rocks, path, and sea, with occasional jewel like accents animating the surface. Beyond the foreground, seaside houses are rendered