FRANCOIS CARIN

Titled "Pres Hardelot", signed and dated (19)05 lower left, oil on canvas, 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18in); old handwritten note verso stating the artist was born in Montmartre (Paris, France), 1871, studied with Jules Leipsich and influenced by Corot and Richet; he had a hard struggle and was making headway when he was gassed in WWI and died in 1917; his works are exceedingly rare