Fernand MAILLAUD (1862-1948). "Repos des laboureurs". Oil on canvas signed lower left. Height : 46.5 cm - Width : 56 cm Attached is a small oil on panel depicting a moustachioed craftsman in an apron, inscribed on the back "François Joseph Dieudonné Gonin, né à lille" (major restorations). Note: Fernand Maillaud, painter from the Vallée Noire in the Berry region, is described as a "painter of deep life" by his biographer Raymond Christoflour. He belonged to the group of post-impressionist and symbolist artists that formed around Paul Gauguin in 1891.