Saint-dizier (haute-marne) - Watercolor Signed Louis-albert Demangeon (1909-1979)

Watercolor signed lower right Louis-Albert Demangeon, depicting a pond in Saint-Dizier, in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region. Biography Louis-Albert Demangeon (1909-1979) Born in 1909 and a graduate of the Beaux-Arts in Paris, Louis-Albert Demangeon spent much of the 20th century as a professional painter and drawing teacher. The diversity of his work, both in style and technique, reflects the turmoil of an era moving from the shadows of the Second World War to the lights of the Trente Glorieuses. "He grew up in the avant-garde period, that of Picasso, Braque, and Matisse. But his passion lay with the old masters like Poussin, Velázquez, and Ingres. Throughout his life, he remained faithful to the figurative, and this sometimes created a gap with his generation." » From his prolific work, there are now more than 1,000 paintings and 560 engravings. A street in Champagne-sur-Oise bears his name…