 His views of "le Vieux-Port", in which the rendering of light compares to that of Félix Ziem's paintings, are especially well-known, together with his "calanques" (a local term for cliff-edged inlets along the coast between Marseille and La Ciotat).Quite intriguingly, his views of "le Vieux-Port" depict it "as seen from offshore", not from the ground.His still lifes, the early ones frugal, the later ones more opulent and varied, generally focus on Provence fruits and ornamental tableware.