The Mas In The Garrigue By Auguste Roure 1878-1936

Le mas dans la garrigue Oil on canvas measuring 38cm x 46cm plus carved and gilded wooden frame 49cm x 57cm signed lower right Auguste ROURE Born in Avignon on April 26, 1878, died in this same town in Provence on May 6, 1936 First an apprentice engraver- lithographer, he is encouraged by his older brother designer He enters the School of Fine Arts in Avignon and as professor Pierre GRIVOLAS. He participated in regional exhibitions and from 1908 frequented the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. He became friends with René Seyssaud and obtained a professorship at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Avignon. He was to lead an international career, exhibiting in galleries in Tokyo and New York, as well as in Geneva, London, Melbourne. His painting selling well Today we find his works at the Musée Calvet in Avignon and in Nîmes. We will call him the painter of the Garrigue free shipping for the European Union