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Oil on canvas France, 1925 Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) - French painter Signed and dated lower right 'Adrion 25' Ornamental frame Overall dimensions, framed: 77 x 99 cm, stretcher frame: 61 x 81 cm Good condition Provenance: Berlin private collection Lucien Adrion's beach scenes are among the most popular works by the French artist; paintings with these motifs fetch more than 82,000 Euro at international auctions This oil painting by the French painter Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) dates to 1925, depicting a view of a beach promenade in Biarritz, in southwestern France. The painting exhibits a harmonious colouring, which delightfully shimmers on the sidewalks, houses and ocean waves. A few walkers provide little narrative accentuations, giving evidence of the ease of a warm and pleasant summer day on the Atlantic coast. The painting is signed and dated lower right 'Adrion 25'. The condition is appealing with minor signs of age and mounting. Under UV-light a touch-up is visible in the area of the sky (repaired on the back). The lower part shows several small touch-ups. In the corners there are small mounting holes. The canvas is a little thinned in places, especially along the lower left with a small paint chip. The frame is in good condition, featuring slight signs of age and some notches. The overall dimensions with frame are 77 x 99 cm, the stretcher frame measuring 61 x 81 cm. Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) Born in Strasbourg, Lucien Adrion mainly created landscape and still life paintings. In his younger years, he worked first as a fashion illustrator in Paris, travelling to London, Munich and Frankfurt. During the First World War, he studied in the studio of German painter, etcher and lithographer Hermann Struck (1876-1944) in Berlin, who also taught the art of etching to Marc Chagall, Lovis Corinth and Lesser Ury. After the war, Adrion returned to Paris, and a few years later settled in Normandy.