Jean Isy De Botton (French American 1895-1978)

 "crépuscule sur Venise" (Venice at dusk)  Oil on canvas 15" X 18", signed LL "Jean De Botton" also signed, titled & dated on the back.

"The career of Jean De Botton began among such School of Paris painters as Picasso, Braque, Matisse, and Duffy. His early designs won him many official commissions for murals that remain today in many French public buildings. His ability to make quick, realistic and elegant portraits gained him the unusual honor to be appointed the official painter of the Coronation of King George VI of England in 1937."