Paul Collomb (French, 1921-2010)

"Les Marais Poitevin". Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right corner, in a wooden frame with linen liner, overall 44" x 55". R.S. Johnson International Gallery Chicago label on stretcher verso, title inscribed on verso of canvas.

The Marais Poitevin is a large area of marshland in western France, a remnant of the former Gulf of Poitou . It consists for two thirds of a western zone near the sea called the "dry marsh" used for farming and breeding, and for one third of an eastern zone called the "wet marsh", a maze of islets criss-crossed by picturesque canals now used for tourist rowboating and nicknamed The Green Venice.

Condition: Indentation to canvas upper quarter with paint loss, several scattered areas of paint loss throughout. Minor damage to frame at hanging mechanism verso.