Le songe de Judith par Edy Legrand

This original and signed watercolor by Edy-Legrand, one of the greatest orientalist painters of the 20th century, comes directly from the artist's family.
Called "The dream of Judith", this painting represents a young Maghrebian woman languid in her interior. As in many of his works, the color and the imaginary prevail over the structuring of the background, often more suggestive than faithful. The character is just sketched mainly in white and black while the decor of the room is evoked by jets of chaotic color.

Edouard Léon Louis Warschawsky known as Edy-Legrand, was born in Bordeaux in 1892 to a Russian father and a French mother, died and buried in his house in Bonnieux, in the Lubéron in 1970. The first part of his career took place in illustration advertising and literary. He has illustrated works by many famous authors around the world, classical and modern, as well as the Bible and other religious texts. His ornamental talents have been used in Parisian department stores as well as private mansions or the Normandy and Ile-de-France liners.
A tireless worker always attentive to his environment, he gradually turned towards painting, distinguishing himself by his dreamlike vision of the world, his passion for the Maghreb and in particular Morocco where he lived for twenty years. His passion for southern light and the culture of North Africa fueled his work. From his inspired pencil line to his almost abstract period, he stood out for the power of the colors of his characters, the life scenes he painted as well as his landscapes.
Humble but famous, his work and his life were made of symbiosis and affinities, leading him to meet very diverse personalities, from his friend Majorelle to Albertine, from Marilyn Monroe to Fernandel, Albert Camus to Henri Bosco.
From 1925 to 1985, more than thirty exhibitions were devoted to him, mainly in Paris, NewYork and also in San Francisco or Casablanca.

Bibliography: Edy Legrand, Visons du Marc, by Cécile Ritzenthaler; ACR Edition. Wikipedia