Louis TINAYRE - Captain's Portrait

Louis TINAYRE Watercolor portrait of a captain seen from three quarters

Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard signed lower right. 26 x 20.5 cm -- 31 x 35 cm Louis Tinayre, 1861 1942 in Grosrouvre, is a French illustrator and painter. He produced panoramas and dioramas of Madagascar and paintings and drawings for Prince Albert I of Monaco during his scientific campaigns and travels around the world, notably to Spitsbergen, the Azores and the United States.