Raphael Arnal (1906-1963), Clouds, Ink On Paper, Signed, Framed, 1932

Clouds, "Variations in the Air" No. 11, Black ink on paper to illustrate Raphael ARNAL's "Variations in the Air", by R. Arnal, dated 1932. Raphael Arnal (1906-1966), Provençal expressionist artist, born in Languedoc, who attended the Beaux-Arts in 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 exchanged an important correspondence which was later published by the magazine Massilia. A complex personality of modern art, his painting is marked by a strong expression and intense colors, but he is above all a magnificent draftsman with a sure and precise line as here in these inks on paper of great precision. Shipping possible everywhere.