Otakar Kubín (1883-1969)

OLIVE TREES IN PROVENCE

2nd half of 1920`s
Oil on canvas, 60x73 cm, signed lower right "Coubine". Artist`s label on the frame "Othon Coubine 1883". Framed. With an expert opinion by PhDr. Rea Michalová, Ph.D. "Examined work "Olive Trees in Provence" represents Coubin`s masterpiece, which is the result of his intimate knowledge of his "own territory", the French region of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, formerly known as the Lower Alps (Besses Alpes). Coubine incorporated the landscape around Simiane-la-Rotonde among other unforgettable places of the world......."