MAURICE MARTIN (1894-1978) View of the village of Sougé-sur-Braye in Touraine Original canvas Signed lower right: Maurice Martin Stamped 1937 winter salon Height 46 cm - Width 55 cm Provenance: offered by the artist in February 1938 He was a pupil of Pierre Montézin. He exhibited regularly in Paris from 1932 to 1978, at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he was a member of the committee and jury, hors-concours; and at the Salons des Indépendants, d'Hiver, de la Marine and de la France d'Outre-mer. He painted landscapes of the Île-de-France, Boulonnais, Brittany, the Mediterranean Midi, North Africa and Madagascar. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, p. 390