"Gaston Jules Louis Durel (1879-1954) The Market In Marrakech Morocco "
Gaston Jules Louis DUREL oil on canvas representing the souk in Marrakech Signed lower right original frame Delivery 30 euros authentic guarantee I am constantly researching and buying the works of GASTON DUREL and orientalist painters Gaston Jules Louis Durel, born February 18, 1879 in Gaillac, who died in Paris on February 28, 1954, was a French orientalist painter and decorator. Biography[edit | modify the code] Student of Jean-Paul Laurens, Antoine Guillemet and André Delaistre, member of the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon des Artistes Français of which he is a member of the Colonial Section, he became general secretary of the French Landscapers. Rewarded with the Ouissam Alaouite rosette, an Institute Prize, a travel grant and an honorable mention at the Salon des artistes français, he exhibited in numerous galleries including the Galerie Georges Petit1. His works are kept in numerous provincial art museums: Toulouse, Lille, Saint-Étienne, Gaillac, among others, but also in Casablanca1. Oriental garden and fountain - Museum of Fine Arts of Gaillac Moroccan market (at the deputy mayor of Montmartre) Paintings of the Saint-Jean de L'Aigle church Paintings of the Château de la Clochetière in Courtomer (Orne) (destroyed) Exit of Sultan of Rabat, Great Mosque of Paris View of Moulay-Idriss, Casablanca Museum