Maximilien LUCE (1858-1941). Two trawlers at low tide, 1935. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, signed lower right. Height 31 cm - Width 39 cm Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity by Jean Bouin-Luce, the artist's grand-nephew, dated May 10, 1987. Note: A committed Parisian painter and member of the Société des artistes indépendants, Maximilien Luce exhibited at the Salon des indépendants alongside Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro and Paul Signac. In his neo-Impressionist canvases, he placed great importance on color, faithfully depicting the horizons of French regions, such as the seashores of Brittany or Normandy, with a light, melting touch full of poetry.