"Paris, La Seine"

Very well executed original oil on canvas modernist painting of a Paris landscape by the French artist, Michel Marie Poulain. Signed lower right and verso as well. Titled on rear center stretcher. Hammer Gallery label verso. Condition is excellent. Circa 1960. Presently unframed. Framing options are available. Provenance: Hammer Gallery, New York.

Michel Marie Poulain
Painter born in 1906 and died in 1991.
A transgender artist, born a man, he served as a non-commissioned officer and was a prisoner of war in a stalag from which he escaped in 19411. He chose to live under the guise of a woman and became a model among the great couturiers and cabaret dancer.
A recognized painter, Michel Marie Poulain participated in the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants. She lived for several years in Montmartre before retiring to the south of France, in Cannes, where she had her own art gallery presenting her own paintings. His friends were Colette, Cocteau, Jean Anouilh ... His works can be found in the Museum of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Eze, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris.