Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961), Farmyard, Chantecler At The Guinea Fowl

Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Poultry yard, Chantecler at the guinea fowl Dated: 1930 Oil and gronze on wood panel Size of the work: 100 x 125 cm Signed and dated lower right Sold with invoice and certificate of authenticity Possibility of shipping in France and abroad. Georges Manzana-Pissarro (1871-1961), third son of Camille Pissarro, developed a passion for the world of the Thousand and One Nights and made it the central theme of his work from 1906. Wishing to illustrate it, he approached Dr. Joseph-Charles Mardrus whose translation was celebrated at the time by the artistic world. To do this, he selected two tales, Histoire de six adolescentes aux couleurs différents and Abou-Nowas et le bain de Sett Zobéida for which he chose the technique of stencil enhanced with gold and silver. This project to which he devoted years was never published, the artist carefully preserved his plates which he bound in a luxurious box that he dedicated to his son. Although an impressionist landscaper trained alongside his father, he preferred to invent a decorative artisanal art. He will thus draw from an imaginary Orient the motifs of his works but also those of his decorative objects, ceramics, earthenware, stained glass, painted glass, tapestries and furniture which will appear in his great exhibition of 1914 dedicated to him by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Manzana's Orient is a sensual paradise popularized by romantic literature. Émile Henriot, in an article in 914, described Manzana's Orient as follows: ''Nothing is more surprising, for those who have not yet seen anything by this artist, than the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Imagine yourself transported, by the will of an all-powerful magician, into the most distant world of fantasy, into a fantastic and opulent Orient, such as Gauthier did not dream of, such as Loti did not see...''.