Attributed to Maximilien-Nicolas BOUVET (1854-c.1943). Women in port waiting to return from fishing in Brittany. Oil on panel, panel seller's stamp L. BESNARD located at 60, rue de la Rochefoucauld in Paris on the reverse (slight lack of material and accidents to the panel). Height 19 cm - Width : 27 cm Provenance: Max Bouvet workshop. In the family by descent. Note: Maximilien Nicolas Bouvet, known as Max Bouvet, was a lyric and dramatic artist whose passion and talent were also expressed in the visual arts. Max Bouvet is famous for his unforgettable interpretations of roles such as Figaro in "The Barber of Seville". But he didn't stop at singing: he also pursued a career as a painter. A pupil of the painters Pelouze and Cormon, at the same time as taking classes at the Paris Conservatoire, where he would later return as a teacher, Bouvet received invaluable encouragement from his mentors to wield the brush. Max Bouvet exhibited his work at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français, where he received awards and his work was purchased by the French government. During a ministerial visit, Mr. Georges Leygues, the Superintendent of Fine Arts, was so impressed by one of his paintings that he bought it, declaring, "This painting sings to me." One of his most remarkable works, "Lever de Lune, au Crépuscule", is now on display at the Musée de Reims. The fame of his seascapes and landscapes, vibrant with warm light and infinitely varied in impression and tone, spread to all the major exhibitions in Paris, the provinces and even abroad. The Queen of the Belgians acquired several of his paintings and exhibited them at the Château royal de Laeken. Max Bouvet remains an outstanding example of an artist capable of successfully courting two major arts, leaving a lasting imprint in both the world of music and that of painting.