Maurice Utrillo, 1883 to 1955, mixed media painting on paper, The Church of Saint Pierre in Montmartre. Signed lower right. Framed. Additionally inscribed in pencil, on the backside. Completed with a catalog, Exhibition of Recent Works by Maurice Utrillo from February 15 to March 10, 1938, at the Galerie O. Petrides, Paris, The first page of the catalog contains a writhing inscription from Maurice Utrillo: Le Vesinet, Saturday, January 6, 1943, To Mr. Helmut Bruhl, such an admirer of the fine arts, with my gratitude. Maurice Utrillo. V., signed by the artist and dated, inside. Provenance: Collection of Helmut Bruhl, German novelist and travel writer. Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon was a French painter of the School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. He is a well-known French landscape painter, who painted mainly views of the Parisian outskirts and suburbs marked by lyricism; by tradition, it is referred to as Naive art. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there. One of a kind of artwork.