Léon Detroy (1859-1955) "market Square In Kairouan, Tunisia 1913/19" School Of Crozant, Orien

Very pretty drawing in colored pencils by Léon Detroy representing the busy market square in Kairouan in Tunisia around 1913/1919, signed and located lower right Format without frame 32x47cm and 49x64cm frame included It is therefore a new work by Léon Detroy, this time a drawing in colored pencils made during one of his first trips to the Maghreb, between 1913 and 1919, therefore in Kairouan in Tunisia.He paints here a very lively scene with many characters and a camel in the center of the composition, as usual Detroy takes particular care in his drawing which he enhances with colored pencils. These are his very first attempts and studies with colored pencils and pastels. Detroy will fall in ecstasy before its exotic scenes and as a result he will return at least twice to North Africa, the first time in Tunisia, then Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. I advise you to go see or buy the excellent work by Pascal Goës published by Ardents Editeurs, "Léon Detroy, a post-impressionist from the lights of the south to the Creuse valley" where you will discover the hectic life of the painter of the Creuse and in particular his stays in the Maghreb. A great painter among the greats, I only briefly present Léon Detroy, leader with Guillaumin, of the now famous Crozant School. These 2 great painters will share the honors, the students, the friends but also the sites of the Creuse valley, Detroy being more attached to Gargilesse and its surroundings, while Guillaumin was more attached to Crozant and its surroundings. So first installed in Crozant, then in Fresselines and Gargilesse, he will become an essential figure in the Creuse valley. He had studied in Paris alongside Lebourg, like the latter, he left school quite quickly, as it was too academic for him. He will meet the Creuse around 1888, after having read Geoge Sand, and there he will meet Maurice Rollinat, Monet and will become the friend of Alluaud with whom he will share trips to Italy or to Agay where he will meet other great painters of the time, such as Valtat, Van den Eckout, Anquetin etc... who will be faithful to him all their lives. He received recognition from many artists and critics of the time. His techniques evolved throughout his life; he will adopt the touch, then become almost Fauve with a broader touch, then mix small touches and large flat areas like here, until he stylizes his motifs, whether in the Creuse, on the Côte d'Azur, in Collioure, in Italy, the Maghreb, Holland, Belgium, Brittany etc... he was therefore a great traveler, but it was the banks of the Mediterranean which attracted the artist the most. At the end of his career, settled in Gargillesse, he would hardly do anything other than still lifes, but they would have had a very important part in his career, some of them would be true masterpieces, as much as his landscapes; This one proves it to us once again. And even at the end of its life, the charm will continue to operate as its painting remains TRUE and SINCERE! Finally recognized as being one of the greatest painters in the Creuse valley, if not the greatest, his reputation continues to grow, even more so since the exhibition and the work previously mentioned. This drawing is in very good condition for its approximately 110 years, it is delivered framed in a modern golden baguette Work guaranteed authentic