Raphael Arnal (1906-1963), Ink On Paper, Illustration Th. Gautier, Signed, Framed

Inks on paper, red and black, for illustration of the poems of Th Gautier "Emaux et camées", 1930s by Raphael Arnal (1906-19663), Provençal expressionist artist, born in Languedoc, who went through the Beaux-Arts of Montpellier . He exhibited in Montpellier, Avignon, Salon de Provence, Paris then for 14 years in Marseille, in the Pintade district, often represented in his work, and finally in Vence and Antibes during the last years of his life. He is a great friend of Max Jacob with whom he exchanges an important correspondence which will subsequently be published by the magazine Massilia. A complex personality of modern art, his painting is marked by a strong expression and intense colors, as here in view of the landscape. Shipping possible everywhere.