Mid-Century French framed watercolour and pastel of a cycle race in Antibes, French Riviera. 

Signed and annotated to the lower left by the artist, 'Antibes, 59, P. Provust'. Framed behind glass in simple wooden frame. Minor tear to paper on top right (see photo).

About the Artist: Pierre Pruvost (1921-2008). A master of watercolour, Pierre Pruvost was a passionate documenter of life in the south of France. From 1943 he exhibited in Paris. On completion of a classical education in fine arts, he won the Fénéon Prize in 1951. A year later Pruvost received the Abd-el-Tif Prize with a two-year scholarship in the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algiers. Here the cities of Kabylie – Béjaïa, Tipasa – and the great south of Algeria inspired him and his talent as a colorist emerged. In 1954 he returned to France and his favourite subject of the coast and its ports. In 1950 he exhibited at the Guiot Gallery in Paris with his friend François Desnoyer. From 1955 he was presented by the famous Charpentier Gallery. Provust's lively and colorful painting is expressed in views and events of Antibes, the harbour, the beach, with its bathers and colourful parasols, cyclists, fairs and so on. He remained in Antibes until his death in 2008. The Cagnes Museum honored him with a major retrospective in 1993. Pierre Pruvost’s works are represented in many French public collections.