Raoul Serres (1881-1971). “mosque In North Africa”. Aquatint. Early 20th Century.

Original orientalist wooden frame (usual wear). Frame dimensions: 56.5 x 44.5 cm; Sight dimensions of the aquatint: 40 x 28.5 cm. Signed, proof 136/300. Copyright By Galerie Lutetia Bd Raspail Paris, Imp. Ad Valcke.
The work has not been deframed. All photographs were taken with the glass, hence certain inaccuracies. The colors are fresh, very good condition. Raoul Serres, born in Cazères-sur-Garonne (Haute-Garonne) in 1881 and died in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1971, is a French engraver and illustrator. A student of Jules Jacquet, Henri-Joseph Dubouchet and Léon Bonnat, Raoul Serres was a member of the Society of French Artists in 1906 and exhibited at the Salon of this group. He obtained an honorable mention in 1898 and a third class medal in 1906. Grand Prix de Rome for engraving in 1906, he was professor of engraving at the Estienne school in Paris from 1932 to 1942.