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Oil on panel depicting a landscape with Houmeau * Angoulême, painted in 1910 by Forel * Eugene, vintage twentieth century
This painting is of very high quality. It is signed lower left (hidden by the frame).
Dimensions:
Frame 27.5cm x 20.7cm
Panel 19.3cm x 12.4cm
*Eugène Forel, painter from Bordeaux, Member of the Girondins Artists (He was the President). He took part in the Salon d'Automne. Eugène Forel worked during the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
**L'Houmeau is an important district in the history of the city of Angoulême. It is located in the lower part of the city, on the banks of the Charente.
Around the 12th century, the population of L'Houmeau, mainly made up of fishermen, was gathered around the Church. He was the fish supplier for the upper town. The port of l'Houmeau was founded in 1280. We can say that it was strategically located, at the terminus of navigation on the Charente, where the main roads of national importance meet.
Among the five suburbs existing at the time (St-Cybard, l'Houmeau, la Bussatte, St-Martin, St-Ausone), l'Houmeau was the most important in 1789 in terms of population. Indeed, in the 17th and 18th centuries, it experienced a remarkable boom with strong growth along the main routes, especially towards the north. Around 1650, the inhabitants were mainly in the "Traverse de l'Houmeau" (now rue de Paris).
