Dimensions of the drawing: 17 x 12.5 cm. Sign .
Emile Joseph Patoux (Mellet, 1893 - Brussels, 1985)
Painter, watercolourist, Belgian architect. He studied at the academies of Nivelles, Brussels and The Hague. He is a professor and director of the Academy of Watermael-Boitsfort. He creates realistic portraits, nudes and landscapes with fresh and clear colors, imbued with a joyful atmosphere. In the 1920s, he adopted a divisionist technique of an impressionist character. He is the author of cartoons for stained glass windows and paintings for the decoration of buildings in Brussels Maritime, as well as the ornamentation of the Tervuren Palace.