Montmartre: Place du Tertre & Sacre Coeur

Urbain Huchet (1930 – 2014, French) “Montmartre: Place du Tertre & Sacre Coeur” (image circa 1960’s) Original watercolor on paper of a busy scene in the village square of Montmartre by the well-known French artist, Urbain Huchet. Artists and café patrons populate the colorful foreground while Sacre Coeur Basilica looms in the center background. Signed in the lower right. In very good original condition. Framed in wood with matting and wood fillet. The image is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, and the overall measurements are 13.75 x 16.5 inches. (Huchet has created several artistic variations of the streets, cafes, patrons, and buildings of Montmartre, a favorite subject of his.)

Emmanuel Urbain Huchet was an accomplished lithographer in addition to his original watercolors and oils on canvas. He traveled extensively and painted the local scenery, but his primary focus was on the landscape of Brittany. Paris is where his largest number of works were produced. At least 300 editions of lithographs have been printed of his works, all produced by the artist himself in different workshops in Paris and Cannes.