ÉDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTES | Porte St. Denis. Paris

13" x 18" / 33 x 46 cms
Oil on Canvas
 
Over a period of some 60 years he concentrated on capturing the spirit and beauty of the City of Light in a wide variety of weathers and night settings resulting in him becoming known as ‘Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture’ because of his diverse selection of cityscapes. His paintings of Parisian street scenes evoke the ambience of many of Paris’s major avenues with carriages cutting through busiling a