Coastal scene  by unloading the fishing catch was executed in 1832 by French landscape and marine painter Eugéne Raymond Goethals (1804 Bordeaux - 1864 Paris). Pupil of famous marine painter Baron Theodor Gudin. Exhibited in Paris Salon in 1835 - 1864  with his coastal views of Normandy, Calvados, Gironde. He is a good but  so far almost completely forgotten  representative of the School of Fontainebleau.In museum Calvet in Avignon are two marine works by him.

Literature: artist lexicons: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999; Thieme/Becker, Leipzig,1999; Brewington, 1982; Bellieur-Auvray, Dict.gen., 1882.

Inscription: signed and dated 1832 lower left.

Technique: framed oil on wood.

Measurements: unframed w 18 7/8 " x h 13 1/2" (48 x 34,5 cm), framed w 22 1/4" x h 117" (56,5 x 43 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.