Louis Berthommé Saint-andré (1905-1977) - The Tsar's Visit -

Original watercolor on paper, signed lower left: Berthommé St André.
Measuring 34cm x 27.5cm without frame, 45cm x 39cm in total.
Depicting The visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris in 1896.
Original watercolor made in 1963 for a series of prints intended to illustrate certain significant events in Parisian life during the Belle-Epoque by various artists of the School of Paris such as Louis Berthommé Saint-André, Bernard Buffet, Clément-Serveau, André Dignimont, Constantin Terechkovitch, Emilio Grau-Sala, etc... These prints were printed by Fernand Chenot in 1963 with the dimensions of 27cm x 21.5 cm.
This is the original work of the artist intended to be printed.

By Louis Berthommé Saint-André, 1905-1977, painter, etcher, French lithographer and illustrator. He spent his early childhood in Saintes, and entered as an architectural student with Georges Naud, responsible for the historical monuments of Charente Inférieure (later Charente-Maritime). Then, in 1921, he studied with Fernand Cormon and Jean-Paul Laurens at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Winner of the Silver Medal at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he exhibited from 1924 to 1929, he also received a scholarship from the Algerian government. He was awarded the Abd-el-Tif Prize in 1925 and was then the youngest resident of the villa in Algiers. A friend of Jean Launois, in addition to his renowned portraits, he painted Algiers and the Kasbah. His studies of women are reminiscent of those of Eugène Delacroix, but if his luminous inspiration is due to the Algerian sun, his touch is more Cézanne-esque than purely Orientalist. He left Algeria in 1928, returning in 1931. Author of numerous illustrations and posters, he painted, in addition to his Algerian canvases, landscapes of Haute-Provence and Île-de-France. He is considered the most modernist of the Abd-el-Tif painters of his generation. He drew erotic illustrations for works by Paul Verlaine, Guillaume Apollinaire, Charles Baudelaire, Denis Diderot, Voltaire, Alfred de Musset, Jean-Louis Miège, etc. Like André Hambourg, he joined the Resistance and collaborated with Vaincre. Based in the Montmartre-aux-artistes housing project at 189, rue Ordener, he traveled to sub-Saharan Africa in 1970, to Senegal as an artistic cooperator. He died suddenly at his Parisian home on October 1, 1977. Artist listed in Bénézit. Listed on Artprice, Artnet, Akoun, etc.

Paper in excellent condition. No stains or freckles.
The watercolor, never cleaned, not dirty, is in very good condition, neither repainted nor repaired, nothing shows up under UV rays.
In its original frame under glass in very good condition.
Painting in very good condition.

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