Alexander ALTMANN (1878-1932). View of Ciboure from the Port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz with the Bordagain Tower in the Heights. Oil on canvas signed lower left (slight loss of material). Height 73 cm - Width : 60 cm Note: in 1905, Ukrainian painter Alexander Altmann went into exile in Paris and settled near La Ruche, the main creative spot for young artists. A friendship later led him to Saint-Jean-de-Luz, where he stayed and exhibited several times. Considered "the most Basque of painters" in the region, he was commissioned to decorate the Hôtel de Rhune in Ascain (7 km from Saint-Jean-de-Luz), where he created large panels depicting the Basque coastline, brought to life by a gentle poetry and symphony of color and light.