Jean Camberoque (1917-2001) - Oil On Canvas

Very beautiful oil on canvas by Jean Camberoque representing the "Carnival of Venice" Work signed lower right Very beautiful bright colors Fascinated by James Ensor who spent his life painting masks and tortured faces, Jean Camberoque in a style of his own seems to be inspired by him. His hidden world is inside a humanist carnival, in which the classes of society are erased under the effect of the level and perpendicular of his libertine features. Gilded wood frame Jean Camberoque (1917 to 2001) was a painter, engraver, ceramist, sculptor and illustrator based in Carcassonne, his hometown. He started painting in 1939 and was spotted by the poet Joë Bousquet. Through his intermediary with the surrealist artists of this period, Jean Camberoque sheltered Hans Bellmer, a German refugee painter, during this troubled period. His works have been exhibited in Paris and around the world. Dimensions without frame: 92 x 73 cm Dimensions with frame: 105.4 x 86 cm