Mid-Century Impressionist Oil Painting of the Moulin Rouge, Signed 'Burnett'

This is a mid-20th-century impressionist oil painting on canvas depicting a bustling street scene in front of the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The composition features the iconic red windmill and the architectural towers of the Montmartre district under a bright, textured sky. The artist utilizes a heavy impasto technique, applying paint with a palette knife to create thick, tactile layers that add depth and movement to the clouds, trees, and crowded foreground. The color palette is dominated by airy blues, teals, and whites, punctuated by the vibrant reds of the windmill and the dark, rhythmic vertical strokes representing the crowd. The work is signed 'Burnett' in the lower left corner, a signature often associated with Caroline Burnett and the 'Burnett' studio, which produced numerous Parisian street scenes for the mid-century export market. The painting is housed in an ornate, French-style carved wooden frame with a weathered white and grey gesso finish. The frame shows signs of age-appropriate wear, including minor scuffing and small chips in the stucco. The canvas appears to be in good stable condition with no visible tears or significant paint loss, though the impasto peaks show light dust accumulation. This piece exemplifies the popular mid-century European souvenir art style, likely dating from the 1950s to the 1970s.