Fishing on the Seine

Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed “Charles Scouly. Affectione souvenir.
Son frere et ami,” and dated 1926

33 x 41.5 cms
13 x 163/8 ins

Alexis Vollon was a painter and engraver who was born in Paris on 12th May 1865. He did his artistic training under his father, the renowned landscape, genre and still life painter, Antoine Vollon.

The younger Vollon achieved early success and a glorious career was predicted for him. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes from 1885 achieving an honourable mention in the same year. In 1888 he was awarded a Third Class Medal, a Second Class in 1889 and was elected a full member of this body in 1891. 1900 saw him created a Chevalier de la Legion d`Honneur and he also won a silver medal at the Exposition Universalle.

Vollon appeared at the time of the Impressionists and his subject matter was similar to that school. His landscapes, notably of the Seine and Paris like “La Seine au Pont Alexandre III” and “La Seine au Pont des Saint-Peres” have an indisputable atmospheric quality and he is remembered more for his landscapes than his genre paintings.