Orientalist Oil On Canvas Presenting A Young Kabyle Girl - Jean Hurstel, 1936

Orientalist oil on canvas depicting a young Kabyle girl - Jean Hurstel, 1936 Painted in Algiers in 1936 by the French painter Jean Hurstel (1906-1991). Depiction of a young girl (who I think is Kabyle based on the pottery she is holding) in a bucolic landscape. Jean Hurstel was awarded the Abd-el-Tif Prize in 1935. The Abd-el-Tif villa is known as the Villa Medicis of Algiers. Between 1907 and 1962, this palace hosted and housed French painters. Founded in 1907, the Abd-el-Tif Prize aimed to contribute to the recognition and influence of Algerian art and painting. Among Jean Hurstel's known works, three paintings are preserved and exhibited at the National Museum of Classical Art in Algiers, and nine other paintings are preserved at the MAMCS (Museum of Modern and Classical Art in Strasbourg). There are some paint drops. The canvas is not very well fixed. Dimensions 74cm x 63cm