Signed and dated 1941 lower right.
Good general condition, note a small restoration near the right shoulder, and some small paint losses at the bottom left at the base.
Dimensions : 73 X 60 cm.
Jean-Eugène Bersier was a student of Jean-Paul Laurens, Maurice Denis, René Ménard and René-Xavier Prinet.
Works in public collections :
- Algiers, Museum of Fine Arts:
- Fort and Casbah
- Views of the Villa Abd El Tif
- Hamma Fountain
- Place du Gouvernement, 1947
- Surroundings of Algiers
- Oran, Zabana National Museum
- Quebec, National Museum of Fine Arts
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
- Belfort, Prefecture, Museum of Art and History
- Epinal, Departmental Museum of Ancient and Contemporary Art
- Grenoble, Museum of Grenoble
- Mulhouse, Museum of Fine Arts
- Paris, Museum of Modern Art, Carnavalet Museum (portrait of Paul Valery), National Library of France
- Strasbourg, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
- Vesoul, Georges-Garret Museum
- The Hague, Municipal Museum
- London, British Museum
Shows and exhibitions :
- Paris, 1913, Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts
- Paris, 1921, Salon des Tuileries
- Paris, 1926, Salon d'Automne
- Paris, 1935, Salon des Indépendants
- Algiers, 1943, exhibition of former residents of the Villa Abd-el-Tif
- Versailles, 1992, exhibition of the Algerianist Circle