"Felix Courche (1863-1944). Pair Of Watercolors. "boys With Drums, Girls With Hoops"."
Old wooden frame, gilded. White master key.Dimensions of the frame 38 x 53 cm. Both watercolors are signed.
Dimensions: 21.5 x 19 cm and 21.5 x 17.5 cm.
Félix Courché, born April 20, 1863 in Paris and died in 1944, is a French painter of the Symbolist movement. He studied under Luigi Loir and Léon Bonnat at the National School of Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1885 to 1900 and at the Salon des Indépendants from 1902. In 1906, he won a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Milan and, in 1925, an honorary diploma at the 'Exhibition of Decorative Arts. In 1926, he also took part in the Retrospective of the independents and the following year, presented the canvases Soir de fête and Enchantement there, then, in 1929, Doux repos. He is known for having decorated many mansions with monumental frescoes.
Works at the Musée d'Orsay (Paris).