Portrait Of Young Malagasy Girl Paul Léon Bléger Africanist Traveler Painter Madagascar

Superb gouache of a young girl, from the Malagasy tribe of Mahafaly.

The girl is depicted naked, she wears a necklace around her neck.
On his face are painted (can be tattooed) tribal patterns.
 
Full of charm, this ethnographic work, very realistic, is signed by the Geneva painter Paul Léon Bléger.

Paul Léon Bléger is a painter born in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) in 1889 and died in Switzerland in Geneva in 1981. Pupil of Baschet and Déchenaud; member of the French Artists he exhibited at the Salon from 1922 to 1936 and obtained the Théodore Balli prize in 1927, a silver medal in 1928 and the Auguste Zwiller prize in 1932.

In perfect condition, this gouache on paper is sold without frame.

Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm

The photos are taken in natural light.
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