Lot 876

Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of November 2026

Maurice Barle (French, 1903-1961), Les Bouquinistes with Notre Dame, Paris, 20th century oil on board, signed, 36cm x 44cm, within a stained wood frame. Note: The bouquinistes (booksellers) beside the Seine, with Notre-Dame Cathedral rising in the background, represent a quintessentially Parisian subject. The scene proved popular with artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Eugene Galien-Laloue, Edouard Leon Cortes, Antoine Blanchard and Maurice Barle. Maurice Barle studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. From 1926, he exhibited at the Salon des Independants and the Salon d'Hiver. In 1962, he was awarded a silver medal by the City of Paris.