Léon Carré (1878-1942) Village In Alsace

Léon Carré (1878-1942) Village in Alsace, oil on mounted canvas, 27 x 35 cm, signed, located and dated 31 lower right. Dimensions framed 45 x 53 cm.
Léon Carré is a French painter and illustrator born in Granville on June 23, 1878 and died in Algiers on December 2, 1942. Léon-Georges-Jean-Baptiste Carré entered the Rennes school of fine arts, then he joined the Paris School of Fine Arts on March 11, 1896 thanks to Léon Bonnat whose courses he followed, as well as those of Luc-Olivier Merson. He was the double winner of the Chenavard prize. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1900 then, from 1905, at the Salon des Indépendants, and made a first trip to Algeria in 1907. He exhibited at the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts from 1911, as well as at the Autumn Fair. Winner of the Villa Abd-el-Tif scholarship in 1909, he settled in Algiers. An orientalist painter, he uses oil, gouache and pastel. In 1927, Léon Carré contributed to the decoration of the Île-de-France liner for the Transatlantic Company, and designed numerous posters for the PLM Company (including that of the centenary of Algeria in 1930). He also designed the Bank of Algeria's 50 franc note issued in 1942. In 1935, he published compositions for Paul Wenz's tale, The Man Who Remained Standing, in the special Christmas issue of Drawing. Léon Carré was attached to Alsace where he regularly spent his vacations. In 1936, he produced the cover of the Special Edition of Illustration devoted to Alsace. He is the husband of the painter Ketty Carré, born Anne-Marie Lederer (1882-1964).