The stall, port of Volendam , circa 1910

Oil on canvas

Trace of signature lower left

Dimensions: 46.5 x 61 cm

With frame 67 x 84 cm

Here, Augustin Hanicotte depicts a genre scene. Children and mothers are gathered in the harbor around the cart of an elderly greengrocer, they discuss. The aprons, dresses and vests are bursting with color, from the boy in the pink cardigan to the young lady in the pine green dress.

On the left, a little girl tastes an apple with the door in her mouth; on the right, a young girl gives her sister her hand and hugs her yellow soft toy against her with the other.  

Behind this scene, the mouth of the port appears, a boat is rocked by the high tide… In his paintings, the details are striking, the light clear and the colors, skilfully orchestrated.

Painter of figures, landscapes and seascapes, he studied with Fernand Cormon at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1899, he left for Volendam, a famous Dutch port of the time. He stays in Collioure, settles in Narbonne after the war. Augustin Hanicotte exhibits regularly at the Salon des Artistes français in Paris; he became a member in 1901. An excellent colourist, his gift for patterns and his vision for colors earned him several orders for rugs for the Gobelins.